As with most things, hard goods require moving through meat space to get from seller to buyer. Having followed the laments of law enforcement officers (LEOs) from the bad old days when we joked you couldn't legally be deported if you had the source code to RSA tattooed on your skin, to today. The lament is more about 'costs' and less about 'effectiveness.'
None of the security work that protects civil liberties makes it 'impossible' for LEO's to do their job, it just keeps it more expensive. The debate over GPS trackers, where the FBI claims they should be allowed since they could also just follow them around in a car makes this point boldly. Then just follow them around. Is the correct response, not "Here is a way to make the economics of liberty impairment work in your favor."
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As with most things, hard goods require moving through meat space to get from seller to buyer. Having followed the laments of law enforcement officers (LEOs) from the bad old days when we joked you couldn't legally be deported if you had the source code to RSA tattooed on your skin, to today. The lament is more about 'costs' and less about 'effectiveness.'
None of the security work that protects civil liberties makes it 'impossible' for LEO's to do their job, it just keeps it more expensive. The debate over GPS trackers, where the FBI claims they should be allowed since they could also just follow them around in a car makes this point boldly. Then just follow them around. Is the correct response, not "Here is a way to make the economics of liberty impairment work in your favor."