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Re:Mutually Nonconsensual Sex by jobigoud on Sunday June 03, 2018 @05:51AM (#17218790)
Startup idea: proof of consent as a service.

A website/app where you can quickly declare consent for a specific activity, and share that declaration privately with a specific other user of the app. Each entry is secure/private to only you and the person you share it with. The entries are timestamped, you cannot delete them.

Then before the act, you quickly do a consent exchange and each person has the proof that the other consented.

You could make the entries visible only for a period of time to their own users, after which they are only accessible if there is a legal process, to avoid them being used as trophies/outing.

Obligatory Dave Chapelle Love contracts: http://www.cc.com/video-clips/jwmvxd/chappelle-s-show-love-c...

Re:Mutually Nonconsensual Sex by dsr12 on Sunday June 03, 2018 @09:59AM (#17219542)
Such a service does exist: https://legalfling.io/

But such services won't work as consent can be revoked anytime. It doesn't matter if you signed a contract, you can at any point say "No" and the consent is gone.

Re:Mutually Nonconsensual Sex by sametmax on Sunday June 03, 2018 @10:21AM (#17219643)
It's funny cause i live in a very sexually active community, with bdsm, porn pro, ex prostitute, etc. The people being recognize as the sexiest and having the most partners never, ever ask anything.

I have the very unique life style that makes half of my friends also hard core geeks, d&d players, hairy sysadmin, or able to tell which multiverse this particular batman costume is. They are also doubting every of their moves : is it allowed, it it disrespectful, will the other one be offended or hurt ? They really don't have much sexual success.

I love both of my groups, and none in them exhibit any signs they are better or worse persons. But i didn't experience that explicitly asking for consent made things better.

Not being an asshole does, and is pretty much unrelated to sex.

Re:Mutually Nonconsensual Sex by philwelch on Sunday June 03, 2018 @06:09AM (#17218840)
Still can’t detect whether the consentor/s are legally capable of consenting.
Re:Mutually Nonconsensual Sex by acct1771 on Sunday June 03, 2018 @06:18AM (#17218867)
Signing with your private key, only for this purpose, should be considered consent.
Re:Mutually Nonconsensual Sex by philwelch on Sunday June 03, 2018 @06:23AM (#17218886)
Private keys don’t prove you don’t have a gun to your head.
Re:Mutually Nonconsensual Sex by acct1771 on Sunday June 03, 2018 @06:54AM (#17218979)
Entering a trap phrase elicits a success response for the attacker's benefit, and then surreptitiously gives coordinates to law enforcement, emergency contacts, Mark Zuckerberg, whoever.

See, we've almost got this built!

Re:Mutually Nonconsensual Sex by mnr on Sunday June 03, 2018 @08:07AM (#17219171)
What’s stopping someone from entering a trap phrase to... entrap the other party?
Re:Mutually Nonconsensual Sex by acct1771 on Sunday June 03, 2018 @04:51PM (#17221892)
The cops showing up to a non-rape would probably be the kicker.

Not that I think this tech should exist or be necessary in the first place.

Re:Mutually Nonconsensual Sex by PostOnce on Sunday June 03, 2018 @06:49AM (#17218960)
or that you aren't drunk, had your phone weakly secured and accessed by someone else (passed out and they used your fingerprint or something), or probably a number of other possibilities
Re:Mutually Nonconsensual Sex by acct1771 on Sunday June 03, 2018 @04:53PM (#17221910)
Huh. That almost sounds like requiring someone to take some personal responsibility for their own security!

Something we as a society, especially when it comes to tech, need to strive for much more.

Re:Mutually Nonconsensual Sex by acct1771 on Sunday June 03, 2018 @06:17AM (#17218862)
I'm...pretty sure I just became in support of that controversy, for no other reason than to improve cryptographic proof UX.