Comment by TZubiri
7 days ago
The only property of the implementation necessary for sextortion to happen is that it will be imperfect, at least once. Which is guaranteed.
7 days ago
The only property of the implementation necessary for sextortion to happen is that it will be imperfect, at least once. Which is guaranteed.
It seems to me that your argument is: if the system can make mistakes, it should not exist.
However, no systems are fault free. Whether we are talking about computing systems, mechanical systems, or societal ones.
Sometimes police can arrest an innocent person before they realize the mistake and release them.
Should we stop policing completely? Or maybe the right question to ask is “how do we minimize the chance for police to make mistakes?”. Note, these are two separate issues:
1. Do we need the police at all?
2. How do we make police to not arrest innocent people all the time?
"It seems to me that your argument is: if the system can make mistakes, it should not exist"
"When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’"
I do not know why it’s so difficult for you to engage in good faith.
The same reasoning you use for extortion applies to many other systems we have today. Should we abolish them because they have failures?
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