State Cannot Be Trusted With Decryption Powers

These powers continue to be abused at a level that breaches criminality.

Therefore, strong encryption is recommended at any and all costs.

The argument against child abuse is a valid one, even if used disingenuously by various agencies seeking to deprive citizens of their right to privacy. However, the gov't needs to find other ways to stop & prevent human trafficking and other sex crimes.

If they're decrypting communications after-the-fact, then they're already too late.

The goal should not be just to apprehend criminals, but rather find ways to prevent the crime itself from happening. Even if only pedophiles had their data accessed via an encryption backdoor (solely) and the gov't / law enforcement used that information to arrest said pedophile, the child whom the pedophile has harmed is still harmed.

The goal must be to prevent that child from being harmed in the first place. Settling for apprehending the offenders after-the-fact is a half-assed consolation prize that betrays the fact that the gov't (or whatever law enforcement making such arguments) may not really give a fuck about this issue.

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State Cannot Be Trusted With Decryption Powers

These powers continue to be abused at a level that breaches criminality.

Therefore, strong encryption is recommended at any and all costs.

The argument against child abuse is a valid one, even if used disingenuously by various agencies seeking to deprive citizens of their right to privacy. However, the gov't needs to find other ways to stop & prevent human trafficking and other sex crimes.

If they're decrypting communications after-the-fact, then they're already too late.

The goal should not be just to apprehend criminals, but rather find ways to prevent the crime itself from happening. Even if only pedophiles had their data accessed via an encryption backdoor (solely) and the gov't / law enforcement used that information to arrest said pedophile, the child whom the pedophile has harmed is still harmed.

The goal must be to prevent that child from being harmed in the first place. Settling for apprehending the offenders after-the-fact is a half-assed consolation prize that betrays the fact that the gov't (or whatever law enforcement making such arguments) may not really give a fuck about this issue.

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