Only a tool

The tool analogy stands. TNT was created and used as a construction tool. Should we target the explosives maker because their largest customers turn out to be military rather than construction or fireworks folks? Should we attempt to censor tools and the knowledge necessary to create them? Should we hold the authors of packet sniffers and traffic analysis tools guilty for the actions of a government who uses them for nefarious purposes? I think not.

A concerned activist might be able to go after suppliers who violate the GPL with the surveillance equipment they sell...