Inspired by “The sensuous sounds of INFOSEC”, ep. 3.
If we wanted to make it harder for criminals to operate, we could outlaw cars. We could ban telephones. We could even, theoretically, outlaw footwear to slow them down.
But we don’t. Why?
Because we recognise that the vast majority of “free people” use these tools for good, for progress, and for daily life. We don’t terminate a technology for everyone just because a fraction of people are “criminal idiots and jerks.”
Instead, a free society accepts a degree of risk. We choose to prosecute the individual for the harm they do, rather than restricting the many for the potential of what might happen.
This is the crossroads we currently face with digital privacy and encryption.
Right now, there is a push to compromise the privacy of every citizen in the name of safety. But breaking encryption or “shutting down privacy” doesn’t just stop bad actors—it leaves every journalist, every business leader, and every child vulnerable to the same tools meant to protect them.
Security is not found by watching everyone; it is found by protecting the systems that allow a free society to function. We must prosecute criminals to the fullest extent of the law, but we must not dismantle the foundation of our freedom to do it.
Let’s keep our shoes. And let’s keep our privacy.
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