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Comment by iamleppert

I wonder how the people who wrote crypto software and provide secure messaging services feel about terrorists and other bad people using their products to execute their plans? Most of these people wouldn't have the ability or access to such technology had it not be for the efforts of a few who have made it very accessible and user friendly.

I know there are plenty of legitimate uses, but especially for the services that essentially bill themselves as secure and untraceable, you have to know at a certain point you've designed and built technology that is actively being used to hurt innocent people. For me it would be difficult to quantify if the amount of good is worth the all the bad people in the world.

parent iamleppert 11 years ago

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