Hi Rohan
Rohan Pryor wrote:
I guess this raises a more general discussion topic: who do we trust, and why, especially in an online world? What are some of the ways we can safeguard abuse? I'm not asking for particular references or links, but am interested in the place of authority when credentials are easy to forge, in the place of reliability when identity is easy to hide or morph, in the place of responsibility when there's no way to track you down.
There are technical solutions at some levels (such as encryption keys), but you've got to know who you're talking to first ...
That's all true. There's a certain level of protection in being able to track people down (so we can apply penalties for breaches, that is). But really, knowing people isn't any kind of *preventative* safeguard, only a curative one. ISTM that there's a hidden benefit in the internet experience, and that is opening discussion about on what basis we trust people ANYwhere. Why, in the real world, do we trust people we know simply "because we know them"? And is that any more reliable a test? After all, 85% of sex crimes are perpetrated by someone known to the victim. In other words, knowing someone, in and of itself, isn't a good guide as to whether they're safe. So what is? And only *then*, when we've worked that out, can we figure out how to apply it in the cyberworld.
Clare *************************************************** Clare Pascoe Henderson http://www.clergyabuseaustralia.org Clergy Sexual Abuse in Australia Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***************************************************
------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
