Maybe they're just saying that "think of the possible uses" needs to be applied to itself -- "think of the possible uses of claiming to think of the possible uses."
> Most people on here will agree that banning encryption is going too far.
Are we talking about the same people, many among us here, who don't have any problem manipulating content to fit their view and banning Free Speech ? It's a tad of an hypocrite argument...
You are placing an almost legal liability on engineer to ensure the tool is gonna be only used to fit their definition of "good" which is a problem in itself.
Gun makers are not responsible for mass shootings. The ill-intended shooters are the only one responsible for their actions.
Re:I accidentally built a spying app
by jakelazaroff on Saturday December 05, 2020 @01:26AM
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You're saying it's a problem to ask engineers to make sure their tools will only be used for their definition of "good". But you also imply that tools should uphold "Free Speech", which is exactly that — fitting someone's definition of "good". So which is it?
Most people on here will agree that banning encryption is going too far. But it's ridiculous to use the worst-case solution as a pretext to avoid even thinking about the problem.