[trashb]

> The capacity exists, but it's not necessarily used all the time.

By choosing not to engage with a tool you are deciding that the tool serves you and your goals (perception of good) best by not being used. You can make it illegal to use the tool but as long as the tool exists it does not mean it won't be used.

Think of the millions devices part of a botnet or web accessible camera's that are being used illegally by malicious actors.

Isn't it worth considering if we actually need and/or want this tool to be build in the first place?

  "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, that they didn't stop to think if they should"

[rbanffy]

This tool is already built. This is why the focus should be on legal frameworks that help us prevent misuse and punish abuses in a way rigorous enough to prevent it.

Not all misuse will be prevented, but we need to build the tools (which aren’t more technology) to prevent the abuse.