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Re:HBGary, Palantir, Prism, Facebook and The Industrial Surv... by Spearchucker on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @06:02PM (#5981043)
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.
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Re:HBGary, Palantir, Prism, Facebook and The Industrial Surv... by pnathan on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @06:14PM (#5981086)
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.

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