> Tho trying to solve a social issue with technological solutions is just going to force the other side's hand more.
That's the point. It's a politico-technological arms race. They make their silly laws. We make technology that works around them. With every cycle, we increase the tyranny required to maintain the same level of control over the population.
Either we win and become uncontrollable, uncensorable and free, or they win by becoming tyrannical totalitarian states nobody can escape from. Those are the only possible outcomes.
I assume there's a limit to how tyrannical the government is willing to become in order to control encryption and anonymization technologies. Governments are presumably founded on principles which serve as counterweights against boundless tyranny. It remains to be proven whether such principles will hold over time though.
That's the point. It's a politico-technological arms race. They make their silly laws. We make technology that works around them. With every cycle, we increase the tyranny required to maintain the same level of control over the population.
Either we win and become uncontrollable, uncensorable and free, or they win by becoming tyrannical totalitarian states nobody can escape from. Those are the only possible outcomes.
I assume there's a limit to how tyrannical the government is willing to become in order to control encryption and anonymization technologies. Governments are presumably founded on principles which serve as counterweights against boundless tyranny. It remains to be proven whether such principles will hold over time though.