(January 21, 2016 at 10:01 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(January 21, 2016 at 7:34 pm)Divinity Wrote: From what I can tell from the Article (which isn't much), the FBI merely kept the site open and left it open for 13 days (after which time they shut it down). During which time they had 100,000 viewers, and were only able to get the actual address for 1300 of them. When they started the operation they had no idea how efficient it would be, or how many arrests they would be able to make. We also have no idea how many arrests or the efficiency rate of other such operations that may have justified such an action. We also have no idea how many of those were outside the jurisdiction of the FBI. What one might see as unsuccessful, others might see as successful. Bringing down 130 something out of 100,000 seems like a small drop in the ocean, but what if those 130 some people lead to taking down even more websites, which in turn leads to more arrests?
Since you're only willing to address the practical side of the point, perhaps you can answer this -- how much money did this operation cost?
When you're willing to address matters of principle, let me know.
What principles? If you think the government shouldn't run operations like this, then how efficient they are doesn't fucking matter. If it caught 100,000, if you are against the idea in principle, it wouldn't matter because you'd still be against it. If you're against the idea because of efficiency on the other hand, the questions remain.
