Australian PM Calls for End-To-End Encryption Ban

Re:Australian PM Calls for End-To-End Encryption Ban by Jabanga on Saturday July 15, 2017 @11:13AM (#14777037)

Pollution is not a private interaction between consenting parties. It's a negative externality, that is morally in the same class of behaviors as theft and assault. I was referring specifically to laws prohibiting the former.

As for your justification for taxes on private income, it's the same argument that mass surveillance advocates make for prohibiting encryption that doesn't let the state see private communications. You've both accepted the right of the state to limit people's privacy. You're just bargaining over when the ends justify the means.

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Re:Australian PM Calls for End-To-End Encryption Ban by rorykoehler on Saturday July 15, 2017 @11:34AM (#14777159)

I'd rather live in a stateless society too however it's all I've ever known. That's not the case for private communication and to be fair banned private communication makes changing the status quo practically impossible. It sits on a layer above everything else.

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Re:Australian PM Calls for End-To-End Encryption Ban by Jabanga on Saturday July 15, 2017 @11:40AM (#14777193)

To clarify: I'm not advocating for a stateless society. I'm advocating for the right to personal autonomy and privacy. That means ending taxes on private transactions, not all taxes.

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