Does not the state of government computer security argue that

expertise is lacking in that quarter to draft laws which can ban

"weapons" without impeding security work?

Civil liberties and human rights do not exist for the convenience of

prosecutors. Indeed they exist to make a prosecutor's life hard, and

should. There is much historical reason for this. Passage of new laws

in this way is a crutch desired by prosecutors. Rather, they should learn

to identify those who do attacks, as they have been slowly doing, and

embrace technical changes which increase the security of the net and its

components, rather than seeking to destroy it to make their jobs easier.

If they understood the issues, they would realize their very stands on

encryption and traffic monitoring have greatly diminished the very safety

from these "cyber weapons" about which they now complain.

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