[jasonsync]

But doesn't a lot "good tech" have nefarious roots?

The internet got its start as a government weapon in the Cold War?

[Psyladine]

Any tool is a weapon proportional to its power & utility. Beyond that, there's nothing nefarious inherent in weaponry, the DARPA initiatives that birthed the internet were based in defense, against nuclear annihilation. Seems like a win-win, politics non-withstanding.