How The New York Times Uses Software to Recognize Members of Congress

Re:How The New York Times Uses Software to Recognize Members... by mieseratte on Thursday June 07, 2018 @02:20PM (#17258630)

Great idea, but let's drop the crypto and drop the gambling. Instead, crowdfund dirt that would constitute grounds for impeachment or recall for politicians.

Credible whistleblowers have additional incentive, and it would serve as a good yardstick for just how much folks detest a given official.

Alternatively we could take the crypto and go full Weimar Republic with a Kickstriker[0] clone for politicians!

[0] - http://kickstriker.com/

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Re:How The New York Times Uses Software to Recognize Members... by panarky on Thursday June 07, 2018 @02:32PM (#17258737)

> let's drop the crypto

Hard to protect leakers, victims and funders when the perpetrators have the power to trace payments and seize assets.

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Re:How The New York Times Uses Software to Recognize Members... by mieseratte on Thursday June 07, 2018 @02:47PM (#17258904)

Sure let's get John and Jane Doe to acquire a secure crypto, securely access a website over Tor, and manage to maintain OPSEC. Then we can have them setup their own Dropbox clone with rsync and some trivial bash scripts!

Alternatively, we can create an easy-to-use site for the common man who is willing to pony up some petty cash for whatever their version of "justice" is. At sufficiently high levels, in sufficiently corrupt societies they can trace things down and disappear you. This idea isn't for those places, and likely wouldn't even work anyway.

However, in nations with reasonably sound rule of law this could potentially work.

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