Em May 11, 2023

Sometimes criminals close the door when plotting crimes.

“We should ban doors!” 🚫🚪

Sometimes criminals hide weapons under their clothes.

“We should ban clothes!” 🚫👖

🙃

Do not fall for these misguided arguments.

Most of the time people use end-to-end encrypted apps to talk about the most mundane things.

Sometimes vulnerable people use end-to-end encryption to protect themselves and stay safe.

We should keep and cherish encryption.

We should demand it everywhere.

End-to-end encryption protects our human right to privacy and safety.

We must fight for it! ✊🔒

#RootForE2EE #E2EE #Encryption #Privacy

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@Em0nM4stodon
What a silly argument.

No one is banning encryption. Demanding platforms stop crimes, even if encrypted, is no different than cops stopping crimes behind closed doors.

A crime behind any veil is still a crime and should be stopped.

Show threadPatriziaMay 11, 2023
@TCatInReality @Em0nM4stodon it's banning effective, meaningful encryption. What is the value of encryption if anything that is sent must be scanned before it is allowed to be encrypted?
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@patrizia @Em0nM4stodon
Really?

Something must work 100% of the time, even if that facilitates crime, to be of *any* value?

Well then, going back to the door analogy. Let's get rid of doors bc police have a habit of breaking them down during raids. SMH

Show threadPatriziaMay 11, 2023
@TCatInReality @Em0nM4stodon It's not just undermining encryption for criminals. It's undermining it for everybody in all circumstances. It removes the ability for citizens to communicate in such a way that their human right to privacy is protected.
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@patrizia @Em0nM4stodon
Yes, this exception applies to all. But no right is absolutely unrestricted, not speech, guns, life, etc.

If the exception is limited, proportional, necessary for the common good, then the exception proves the rule.

Show threadAmadi LovelaceMay 11, 2023
@TCatInReality @patrizia @Em0nM4stodon so because sometimes criminals might use encrypted communication for privacy, no one gets to use encrypted communication for privacy. That’s the end point of your argument.
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@amaditalks @patrizia @Em0nM4stodon
No, that's not my argument at all

There are dozens of posts today explaining my view on this, if you really care.

I'm done for the day addressing reductionist clapback. Have a nice e day.

May 11, 2023 at 11:38pmMastodon for Android
Show threadAmadi LovelaceMay 12, 2023
@TCatInReality @patrizia @Em0nM4stodon I didn’t say that it was your argument, I said, it was the endpoint of your argument. But by all means, pretend that you didn’t understand that.