Speaking of ways to - rightly or wrongly - veer off on a tangent, and convince large numbers of people that the anti-Big Brother side is unhinged...
A better counter argument to "catch the pedo" is to bring up cases of creeps who were insiders - law officers, or just techies with access - and used the "well-intended" tech to get at their victims.
> A better counter argument to "catch the pedo" is to bring up cases of creeps who were insiders - law officers
Certainly. You mean like that time an Israeli Cyber Directorate division chief fled Nevada for Israel after being investigated for soliciting a minor for sexual purposes?
Populations are large. You can draw a pattern in any population.
I think if I were saying this to convince people that hardware freedom is a good idea, they might think I care less about hardware freedom and more about memorising evil Israeli people to make sure I always have a negative example of an Israeli to mention in conversation.
Sorry for how you may feel about it, but that *is* how it's being framed for the public..
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/eu-parliament...