> This is terrible news. It means that any clueless law enforcement
> person or affiliate can become an instant script kiddie.
Exactly my point. Exellent news.
This is the best motivator that strong crypto/security/anonymity will ever get.
I hope that it will be automated to the point where software emulates the pig
posing as this or that and search warrants are automatically generated. This
will enable your vanilla illiterate LEA thug to operate it.
Current assumption that laws will somehow protect users of insecure and
subvertible computers is just plain silly. Cypherpunks are about mathematics,
not laws.
> We already know how warrants tend to be abused, and that
> illegally obtained information is often used as a basis for
> getting a search warrant later. What D.I.R.T. will enable
"illegally" ? Is this a shyster list ? Who gives a fuck ?
Maybe I should try to explain this in really simple terms:
Exhibit A: T-shirt with words "bulletproof" silk screened onto it.
Exhibit B: military-grade CAT 3 bulletproof vest that may even stop 7.62 from a
high-power rifle.
Troops enter battlefield dressed mainly in Ex. A, with few in Ex. B.
The next day, everyone has Ex. B wear, and average IQ is much higher.
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