Interesting op-ed! I wonder to what extent these issues are present in work being done by EA-endorsed global health charities; my impression is that almost all of their work happens outside of the conflict zones where some of these privacy concerns are especially potent. It also seems like these charities are very interested in reaching high levels of usage/​local acceptance, and would be unlikely to adopt policies that deter recipients unless fraud concerns were very strong. But I don’t know all the Top Charities well enough to be confident of their policies in this area.
This would be a question worth asking on one of GiveWell’s occasional Open Threads. And if you ask it on Rob Mather’s AMA, you’ll learn how AMF thinks about these things (given Rob’s response times, possibly within a day).
Interesting op-ed! I wonder to what extent these issues are present in work being done by EA-endorsed global health charities; my impression is that almost all of their work happens outside of the conflict zones where some of these privacy concerns are especially potent. It also seems like these charities are very interested in reaching high levels of usage/​local acceptance, and would be unlikely to adopt policies that deter recipients unless fraud concerns were very strong. But I don’t know all the Top Charities well enough to be confident of their policies in this area.
This would be a question worth asking on one of GiveWell’s occasional Open Threads. And if you ask it on Rob Mather’s AMA, you’ll learn how AMF thinks about these things (given Rob’s response times, possibly within a day).