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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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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.