I’ve been puzzling over a phenomenon lately that I’d like to
talk a bit about. I want to put this out into the ether and get
feedback from all of you. Because I can’t make sense of this—and
perhaps your superior brains can. With the rise in digital
content, we’ve seen more and more examples of technology being
created to enforce the law and/or a company’s terms of service
for their product. And just because technology can do this, does
it mean that we as a society should allow it? In the past,
here’s how the law was enforced: - the law exists - as a member
of a society, you are expected to know about the law - if you
violate the law, in theory someone punishes you And here’s how
the law is enforced now in some cases: - the law exists -
technology is created to make it difficult or impossible for you
to break the law - if you somehow manage to break through the
technology and break the law, you are punished for breaching the
system as well as breaking the law itself Here’s a real-world
example of technology-en