<p><pre><code>  Computer scientists (and any self-respecting scientists) HAVE to separate their ethics from the interests of state institutions.
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Why?
The paper argues exactly to the opposite in the first part, describing the atomic-bomb scientists, and the Russell-Einstein Manifesto.<p>In my opinion, cryptographers and computer scientists have ignored morally questioning their work for too long. Reality is now catching up on this, with techniques for surveillance. The paper argues this for cryptography, in my view this is even more generally applicable.