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by BitwiseFool 1774 days ago
>"have the complainers suggest a solution"

Being worried about privacy, establishing a precedent for scanning my data against a government database, and the risk of false positives with such an insanely emotionally charged crime is more than mere complaining.

The onus should not be on me to justify why this shouldn't be done. This is something new and it is perfectly fine to argue against it without needing to provide an alternative.

That being said, my solution is to continue to follow the process that law enforcement is currently using.

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>That being said, my solution is to continue to follow the process that law enforcement is currently using.

If you knew how they approach this you wouldn't be satisfied either

This all boils down to the classic "Liberty vs. Security" dilemma. While I obviously want to see more prosecutions for people who commit these crimes, a value judgement must be made about what it takes to achieve that.