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Re:FBI’s Deep Web Child Porn Ring Questions Role of Gov’t in... by pixelbash on Monday September 05, 2016 @05:52PM (#12432412)
> If the fbi did not operate the server they would still have acquired it.

I'm a little dubious of this brand of logic. The one that goes if X was not supplied they would just get it from the <potentially slightly harder to find &/or riskier> place.

Perhaps, but surely the point is to reduce the incentive by making it harder/riskier - as making it impossible is generally not a viable option?

Re:FBI’s Deep Web Child Porn Ring Questions Role of Gov’t in... by caf on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @02:54AM (#12434066)
Surely this sort of thing does make it riskier, because now the thought must be there that "perhaps this site is run by the FBI too?"