2020-08-07
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Comment on "The Worst Epidemic"
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I highly recommend the latest Sam Harris Podcast to anyone who is
interested in privacy. The discussion is quite disturbing because
of the subject matter (child porn) but it really illuminates both
the size of the problem and the complexity of possible solutions.
I am personally of the opinion that privacy is not something we
can trust governments or companies to guard. They have failed
time and time again.
On the other hand, it is not acceptable that the mega-platforms
like Zoom and Bing are turning a blind eye to babies being
abused and traumatized for life.
The discussion on the podcast sort of touches a possible
viewpoint that could allow us to have some new tools to fight the
issue without losing our privacy completely: The platforms could
be defined in ways that explixitly inform he user of what kind
of space they are in. In other words, if the analogue is a public
square, obviously your assumptions of privacy are different
compared to a private conversation with a friend.
I don't think that it would be enough, though. I don't know if
anything is enough. It does create a serious threat to privacy
for everyone to have the pedophiles create such a strong need for
more censorship and control. Also, it sounds like the police is
seriously underfunded which is absurd.
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