On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 12:09:00PM +0900, Sam Joseph wrote:
> I'm not trying to argue that you shouldn't build Freenet, or that people
> in general shouldn't use it.
>
> Clearly any technology can be used for good or bad. One of the things
> with Freenet that distinguishes it from some others, is that when I use
> it I am putting resources into a common pool (I guess I can set my local
> cache size to zero), and although some of those resources get used for
> good things, others get used for bad.
>
> I was trying to discuss with you guys why I should feel uncomfortable
> about the idea that I have child porn on my hard disk. What you are
> saying Tim, is that that is a necessary evil if we want to ensure free
> speech.
You don't have child porn on your hard disk, you have a bunch of random
bits. It's not child porn until you deliberately and conscientiously
decrypt it.
--
# tavin cole
#
# "Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that
# man doesn't have to experience it."
#
# - Max Frisch
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