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Comment by miki123211

2 days ago

There's not enough people to care.

They have the propaganda advantage (think of the children, those who undermine the system are pedophiles by definition). They have the law (just reclassify such activity as aiding and abetting the distribution of child pornography). They have the scare tactics (nobody wants 30 years in prison and an entry on the sexual offender's register).

This war will be won with words and at most a few arrests, just to make an example, just like the war on terror and anonymous financial activity.

Privacy just doesn't matter for 99+% of the population as much as we think, which is very much unlike piracy or drugs for example. If this wasn't the case, we'd all be using Signal and Monero right now.

  > There's not enough people to care.

You'd be surprised at how few people it takes. You don't even need 10% of the population.

But what, you're going to give up without a fight?

Even if you won't fight then why fight for your enemy by telling others not to fight?