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Re:US Law Enforcement Traces Bitcoin Transfers to Nab ‘Large... by clamprecht on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @05:34PM (#21276053)
But if the opponent knows you subscribe to this rule (assume ignorance over malice), couldn't they take advantage of this?
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Re:US Law Enforcement Traces Bitcoin Transfers to Nab ‘Large... by thaumasiotes on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @06:30PM (#21276711)
Yes, there is no stable state of the system in which ignorance and malice are assessed accurately. If you don't want the rate of malicious action to increase, you need to overdiagnose it.
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Re:US Law Enforcement Traces Bitcoin Transfers to Nab ‘Large... by microcolonel on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @05:45PM (#21276202)
The aphorism does not call upon you to assume good intentions, but to avoid attempting to establish intention when it has no benefit to solving the problem noted.
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