Hackers are the new lawyers
I think lawyers are still the new lawyers.<p>One of the major benefits of society is to remove the need for individuals to keep their own firepower. You&#x27;re allowed to defend yourself, but the goal is to make it so you can feel safe in a city of 8 million people with no more than a heavy bag, cell phone, or can of mace.<p>In the digital world, you still need self-defense (network protections, strong passwords, small attack surface), but hopefully not everybody has to hire cyber-thugs to defend their turf. If another cyber-thug attacks you, you figure out who they are, call your lawyer, and let the state deal with it.<p>It&#x27;s not perfect, but I&#x27;d think lawyers will learn unmasking techniques before corporations hire body-guard divisions full of black-hat crypto types. And international conflict is always messier...