Dear FBI,
The LEGITIMATE, NON CRIMINAL part of the Internet could not possibly function without personal security or encryption.
It can't. Why?
Because it'd be the Wild West out here otherwise. E-commerce would not exist.
I guaranteed that if you attempted to police the internet as you know it, the very system you use for law enforcement would be COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED by cybercrime in less than a day.
As powerful as the FBI claims to be, they CANNOT POLICE THE INTERNET BY THEMSELVES.
It simply works on a scale that is MUCH MUCH LARGER THAN THEM.
Even China's Great Firewall is constantly under siege from both sides; and that's an idealized "checkpoint/chokepoint system" for traffic either of ingress or egress.
I remember how butthurt the federal government was when they failed to pass legislation that forbid the public from getting access to encryption programs back in the early 90s. Lets not bring that shit up again.
"Grandma Goodie's grandson set up SSL for her email account so others won't break into her email client to send spam! CLEARLY THEY ARE TERRORISTS!!"
You know what REAL Terrorism is? The employment of fear to subjugate others.
People protecting themselves from online surveillance sounds awfully suspicious to you? Does anyone honestly think that most people employ decryption solely to avoid detection from the FBI? Oh fuck no!
We protect ourselves from the literal MILLIONS of "Black Hats", spammers and pranksters that are laboring endlessly to get access to our computers. A legion of people you cannot hope to stop by sheer numbers alone, nevermind collective ability.
This reeks of fascism and desperation. Insert your favorite pithy quote from Benjamin Franklin here. I'm done with this nonsense.
The LEGITIMATE, NON CRIMINAL part of the Internet could not possibly function without personal security or encryption.
It can't. Why?
Because it'd be the Wild West out here otherwise. E-commerce would not exist.
I guaranteed that if you attempted to police the internet as you know it, the very system you use for law enforcement would be COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED by cybercrime in less than a day.
As powerful as the FBI claims to be, they CANNOT POLICE THE INTERNET BY THEMSELVES.
It simply works on a scale that is MUCH MUCH LARGER THAN THEM.
Even China's Great Firewall is constantly under siege from both sides; and that's an idealized "checkpoint/chokepoint system" for traffic either of ingress or egress.
I remember how butthurt the federal government was when they failed to pass legislation that forbid the public from getting access to encryption programs back in the early 90s. Lets not bring that shit up again.
"Grandma Goodie's grandson set up SSL for her email account so others won't break into her email client to send spam! CLEARLY THEY ARE TERRORISTS!!"
You know what REAL Terrorism is? The employment of fear to subjugate others.
People protecting themselves from online surveillance sounds awfully suspicious to you? Does anyone honestly think that most people employ decryption solely to avoid detection from the FBI? Oh fuck no!
We protect ourselves from the literal MILLIONS of "Black Hats", spammers and pranksters that are laboring endlessly to get access to our computers. A legion of people you cannot hope to stop by sheer numbers alone, nevermind collective ability.
This reeks of fascism and desperation. Insert your favorite pithy quote from Benjamin Franklin here. I'm done with this nonsense.
