And while I agree technical tools such as TOR should be used to further assure privacy, they should not be the first and only safeguard - strong legislative and civic support is required, or you end up sliding further into repression, e.g. requiring people to give up passwords, requiring backdoors in software, etc.
Before you criticize this argument as slippery slope, know that it is only a fallacy in the absence of a cause why one should slide down this slope. I hope the ample history of legislative and technical erosion of privacy can serve as proof the danger is real.
And while I agree technical tools such as TOR should be used to further assure privacy, they should not be the first and only safeguard - strong legislative and civic support is required, or you end up sliding further into repression, e.g. requiring people to give up passwords, requiring backdoors in software, etc.
Before you criticize this argument as slippery slope, know that it is only a fallacy in the absence of a cause why one should slide down this slope. I hope the ample history of legislative and technical erosion of privacy can serve as proof the danger is real.