SAFE Network and Illegal Content

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@anon63178599

All I am saying is that the internet has allowed what were previously only marginal illegal activities to thrive in ways never seen before and much of the profit has been used to make payoffs and keep people quiet. It was allowed to go on for whatever reasons. The unveiling of much of it is starting to happen as we’ve figured out a way to crackdown on it, which depended on surveillance, hacking, etc. The SAFE Network opens up more good for the much greater majority of law-abiding people by respecting privacy, but it blanketedly reasserts the individuality of criminals as well. It’s not Thor’s hammer. It’s user agnostic. All I am asking is how can policing upgrade to combat the eventual challenges rather than just cross one’s fingers and hope that Sherlock Holmes can bring down 21st century cyber-gangs.

It also begs the question of: what is crime? I disagree with the prohibition of drugs, yet it is illegal. I disagree that copying data is a crime, yet copyright makes it illegal. I disagree with being monitored with it my permission, yet it is illegal not to be.

For many like me, technology like Bitcoin and SAFENetwork stand a chance of shifting the balance away from the state and large corporations and towards the individual. It carries risks, It is a double edged sword, but sometimes change is painful, but for the better.

Yes, it will be harder to stop people buying drugs. Yes, it will be harder to stop people copying data. Yes, it will be harder to monitor peoples’ every move. Life will go on, society will evolve, as will policing. Perhaps the police will even emphasise more on crimes against the individual instead.

We also must consider that criminals already have access to encrypted communication, Tor, etc. If we are concerned about them being impossible to monitor, this is already a reality.

So, my question is, if SAFENetwork becomes hard to police with existing laws, is that necessarily a bad thing or will better laws come out of it?