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The Government unveiled new plans to track down paedophiles who use the ‘dark net’ to share images of sexual abuse this morning. But the move might endanger the anonymous technologies themselves — which is also helping keep real and potential victims of crime safe.

The dark net is far more than just a place to allow for child sexual abuse — it’s a whole network of anonymised internet browsers and sites that allow people to access them without being tracked by governments or other groups. Far from being a tool for criminals, its advocates argue, it can actually keep people from becoming the victims of crime.

Activists have expressed worry that high-profile cases of abuse of the anonymous software might be used to demonise the technology more generally. A similar criticism was made after a report into the death of Lee Rigby seemed to suggest that US tech companies should open themselves up to UK Government spying more openly.

by Abdul Sabur