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		vacri on Nov 18, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Full disk encryption is too good? "child porn" seems to have replaced "terrorism" as the new universal argument.

waqf on Nov 19, 2011 [–]

"Terrorism" has less power to persuade, justifiably or not, when recent terrorist attacks are not on people's minds. "Child porn" doesn't have this disadvantage, because you can be told that it's going on all around you without your knowledge.

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