Re:HBGary, Palantir, Prism, Facebook and The Industrial Surv...
by Spearchucker on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @06:02PM
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Morality is a fickle thing. Nobody (that I know of) disputes the good that is Tor. That very same network that provides anonymous hosting to drug dealers, paedophiles, and illegal gun sales.
Re:HBGary, Palantir, Prism, Facebook and The Industrial Surv...
by pnathan on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @06:14PM
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Fickle? Insasmuch as the human heart is...
Anyway, let's tackle (for a thought example) your example. Why should Tor exist? It's a home to real creeps. (Freenet has the same problem).
What precisely do these services offer that is so compelling that it's better to let them exist?
Freedom? Privacy? Are those sufficiently compelling? Why so?
I'm sure there are off the cuff answers out there - but maybe we should look deeper.
For my part, I refuse to work on tech that is a 'single-bladed sword'; I'll work on something that has broad application, but not something with only 'immoral' application.
The crux is where to draw the line of morality. I think that's a reasonable discussion and worth deeply conversing about; morality is both an individual and community affecting thing. Both your self and your community need to consider it.
Rightly divide the words spoken and think about whatsoever is true, just, and commendable...