And does that defence hold up in court? Are there any cases/ precedents for this?
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It doesn't stop them from arresting devs, it stops their arresting devs from shutting down the system.
Would a handful of arrests put enough fear out there to effectively stop the whole thing? 'Is it worth the risk?' etc
Some of us are driven by religious fervor.
So, no.
That's part of what I was trying to say.
I'm not really concerned about the people doing the arresting. Well I am, kinda, but I'm more concerned about the people who have a false sense of security from using apps like Telegram being a recent instance or Facebook or Twitter or any other centralized platform that people feel safe posting from and then get upset when they do something that goes against the grain and they get shut down or booted off the platform for it.
I'm not even sure I'm phrasing this correctly. But the current state of how most people use the internet in general is fucked for lack of a better way of saying it. People have gotten too used to getting spoon fed everything.