I'm not going to lie, at the heart of this story is good news. Tor has consistently been a save heaven for child exploitation. This news is fantastic considering that these were genuine criminals that have been stopped and victims contacted. For once, I'm happy with DHS.
Boats has consistently been a save heaven for smugglers.
The Post office has consistently been a save heaven for drug dealers.
And so on. Those kind of statement is kind of pointless since each are just technology used by criminals and non-criminals alike. I would rather have people praise DHS for succeeding in doing technical heavy investigations, rather than focus on how much a save haven a specific technology is. Otherwise, it just lead demonizing of technology which is never a good thing.
I guess this is part of the balancing act. We want to have something that can provide us some privacy, but in turn can be used by criminals for stuff like this.
I don't know where to draw the line. I feel when you hear about children being exploited, somehow my own privacy is of little regard in comparison to kids who have adults exploiting them for these kinds of reasons.
