Re:US passes anti-corruption law that effectively bans anony...
by zepto on Saturday January 02, 2021 @11:14AM
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Anonymous shell companies have been a problem for decades, to the point that they are a standard trope in movies and TV. How is this ‘regulating out front’?
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Re:US passes anti-corruption law that effectively bans anony...
by anonymouse008 on Saturday January 02, 2021 @11:26AM
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Because the methods these shell companies employ to coordinate give off a greater signal in the 21st century datasets — going the personal identifier route, you’re able to target people based on personal affiliations. The goal is admirable — however, this act as a solution is hasty (opportunistic) and disguised itself as “protecting against (insert threat).”
Re:US passes anti-corruption law that effectively bans anony...
by zepto on Saturday January 02, 2021 @11:27AM
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I’m not sure how this answers the question. How is it hasty when the problem is decades old?
Re:US passes anti-corruption law that effectively bans anony...
by anonymouse008 on Saturday January 02, 2021 @11:30AM
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Hasty (maybe I should say opportunistic) because it’s ideological reasoning to pass is capitalizing on the current zeitgeist (which I believe to be leaning more antithetical to the quote above). Again, the reason this bill is intriguing is because the problem can be solved through other methods - albeit more effortful. You don’t really need beneficial identifiers on these types of companies to get who’s doing bad things.