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When net2o 0080: 64 65 66 65 6e 64 73 20 79 6f 75 72 20 70 72 69 defends your pri 0090: 76 61 63 79 20 62 79 20 68 69 64 69 6e 67 20 77 vacy by hiding w 00a0: 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 0a 63 6f 6d 6d 75 6e 69 63 hat you.communic 00b0: 61 74 65 2c 20 69 74 20 6d 61 6b 65 73 20 69 74 ate, it makes it 00c0: 20 65 61 73 69 65 72 20 74 6f 20 70 6c 6f 74 20 easier to plot 00d0: 63 72 69 6d 65 73 2c 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 70 79 20 crimes, to copy 00e0: 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 77 68 69 63 information whic 00f0: 68 20 69 73 0a 72 65 67 61 72 64 65 64 20 69 6c h is.regarded il 0100: 6c 65 67 61 6c 20 28 65 2e 67 2e 20 63 6f 70 79 legal (e.g. copy 0110: 72 69 67 68 74 20 76 69 6f 6c 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 right violations 0120: 20 6f 72 20 63 68 69 6c 64 20 70 6f 72 6e 29 2c or child porn), 0130: 20 61 6e 64 20 69 6e 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 77 61 and in other wa 0140: 79 73 0a 73 75 62 76 65 72 74 20 6c 61 77 2e 20 ys.subvert law. 0150: 20 4f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 68 61 On the other ha 0160: 6e 64 2c 20 70 72 69 76 61 63 79 20 69 73 20 61 nd, privacy is a 0170: 6c 73 6f 20 70 72 6f 74 65 63 74 65 64 20 62 79 lso protected by 0180: 20 6c 61 77 2c 20 73 6f 0a 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 law, so.support 0190: 69 6e 67 20 70 72 69 76 61 63 79 20 74 68 72 6f ing privacy thro 01a0: 75 67 68 20 74 65 63 68 6e 69 63 61 6c 20 6d 65 ugh technical me 01b0: 61 6e 73 20 69 73 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 69 6e ans is supportin 01c0: 67 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 77 2e 0a 0a 4f 6e 65 20 g the law...One 01d0: 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6b 65 79 20 64 6f 63 74 72 of the key doctr 01e0: 69 6e 65 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 72 75 6c 65 ines of the rule 01f0: 20 6f 66 20 6c 61 77 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 70 of law is the p 0200: 72 69 6e 63 69 70 6c 65 20 6f 66 0a 70 72 6f 70 rinciple of.prop 0210: 6f 72 74 69 6f 6e 61 6c 69 74 79 2e 20 20 43 61 ortionality. 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