Re:Some tech firms being 'friendly to terrorists' says UK po...
by p01926 on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @10:16AM
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"we need [tech firms to do] everything possible to stop their technology being exploited by terrorists"
Such absolutism is foolish. The only way to guarantee technology cannot be used by terrorists is to never invent any technology. In the real world we need to offset the tiny benefits to an extreme minority of bogeymen against the enormous benefits to typical consumers.
Such absolutism is foolish. The only way to guarantee technology cannot be used by terrorists is to never invent any technology. In the real world we need to offset the tiny benefits to an extreme minority of bogeymen against the enormous benefits to typical consumers.