This makes sense, and I’m generally agnostic. But the trade-off with a centralized authority is that the people running the system take on a lot of liability. The good samaritans who do this work currently are very careful, paranoid people. If one has incriminating information about powerful people, there is often a target on one’s back.
Yeah, I definitely appreciate the great risks that are being undertaken, and the need to protect yourself from retaliation by powerful abusers.
I don’t pretend to know the best answer, only that I strongly believe going the blockchain route would be a huge mistake. I don’t think blockchain solves the liability problem, merely shunting it onto the developers and maintainers of the blockchain product, or to individuals whose accusations get leaked. It seems that a better route would be something like Callisto, which anonymously matches victims together using encrypted accusations using a regular app. I’m no expert though, I just really hope that something can be done that meaningfully makes a dent in this problem.
This makes sense, and I’m generally agnostic. But the trade-off with a centralized authority is that the people running the system take on a lot of liability. The good samaritans who do this work currently are very careful, paranoid people. If one has incriminating information about powerful people, there is often a target on one’s back.
Yeah, I definitely appreciate the great risks that are being undertaken, and the need to protect yourself from retaliation by powerful abusers.
I don’t pretend to know the best answer, only that I strongly believe going the blockchain route would be a huge mistake. I don’t think blockchain solves the liability problem, merely shunting it onto the developers and maintainers of the blockchain product, or to individuals whose accusations get leaked. It seems that a better route would be something like Callisto, which anonymously matches victims together using encrypted accusations using a regular app. I’m no expert though, I just really hope that something can be done that meaningfully makes a dent in this problem.