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What are you going to do when decentralization/encryption/etc itself become illegal ?
by wtfstatists 8y ago
What are you going to do when decentralization/encryption/etc itself become illegal ?
- mirimir 8y agoHow well has the War on Drugs worked?
- arpa 8y agoAsk the people arrested and jailed for posession of cannabis. I mean, both you and the parent comment are right: we, the people, shall resist; but we, the people, must also do our best to prevent such legislation come to pass.
- mirimir 8y agoYes, I agree. My point was that marijuana has remained popular in the US, despite several decades of draconian suppression. But perhaps people won't care so much about freedom of expression online.
- TheOtherHobbes 8y agoAs a tool of social engineering? It’s been a huge success. I hope no one thinks it was ever about minimising drug addiction and the organised corruption that feeds off it. (See also: Gary Webb, private for-profit jails, etc.)
- md224 8y agoWhen using Tor becomes illegal, then I'll know we're completely fucked. On a side note: it will be interesting to see if tighter government regulation has any impact on the popularity of the dark web.
- EGreg 8y agoAsk the Chinese
- userbinator 8y ago"If you outlaw freedom, only outlaws will have freedom." Mass disobedience is probably the only way.