RE: The Privacy vs Security Trap

By instinct, I tend to fall on the "Privacy" side of the fence. Possibly as a reaction against big tech's endless drive for control disguised as security.

I think the real question is whether it is possible to provide an adequate level of security (accepting it'll never be perfect) without requiring people to dox themselves. What I wonder is whether it can be delivered through coding and processes.

So for example, if we're talking 3Speak, you could get together a group of trusted people of each of the groups involved, from coders, to admins, to content creators, to viewers both within Hive and external to it. Get them to try to think up the shadiest shit they could do in their role, then work out how to defend against it without compromising privacy.

For example, it might be something as simple as blocking the use of links (or non-Hive links) in comments. Or it might be the need to have a set of policies relating to adult or really dodgy content, with a reporting mechanism. A select group of Hivers (possibly using anonymous accounts to protect them from interference) would act as admins and review reported (and potentially hidden) content in some kind of dashboard (NOT Discord, lol). They could vote on whether they believe it breaks the rules, and get a small reward for each vote funded by a delegation account or a small % payout from the rewards pool.

The key thing is that hopefully this could all be done in a way which enables Hivers at all levels to maintain as much anonymity as they want, with a relatively light touch. But I'm sure more advanced users than me can cook up security risk shenanigans I could only dream of !