Yet this whole event is being used as a catalyst for further degradation of freedom and encryption.
How can we take the powers above seriously when they can't even catch a fairly large network of terrorists scheming over the clearnet?
This is a lesson in the ineffectiveness and incompetence of the spying apparatus of the free world.
We've given up so much already for no benefit, and whenever they fail it's never because they were bad at their job, they just didn't have enough power or money to do their job.
How can we take the powers above seriously when they can't even catch a fairly large network of terrorists scheming over the clearnet?
This is a lesson in the ineffectiveness and incompetence of the spying apparatus of the free world.
We've given up so much already for no benefit, and whenever they fail it's never because they were bad at their job, they just didn't have enough power or money to do their job.