I'm curious if anyone is looking at using the OLPC as an anti-corruption tool.
I hear that one of the major problems in afghanistan is corruption of the
police and other officials not to mention civilians. I realized that these
developing countries are a lot like Ebay: nobody knows who they can trust. The
online sites have tried to tackle with ratings systems of users and buyers. My
theory is the same thing could be accomplished with the OLPC. Basically,
people would get an OLPC by providing picture and finger print at a vending
machine. The units ethernet address would become the person's ID. The unit
won't work with any other finger scan and if activity is not detected in 48
hours, let's say, the unit would be reported stolen or some GO would be
prompted to investigate. In the marketplace and at government office both
parties to a transaction would authenticate themselves to each other via their
OLPCs. After the transaction each individual can rate the other. If a seller
or official is corrupt it will become obvious very quickly as many people
report on them. If people refuse to participate then others know not to do
business with them. The same infrastructure can be used to report insurgents,
essential services, voting, etc. Anyway, is anyone working on applications
like this? Seems to me the coalition would pay for it since it is alot cheaper
to empower millions of citizen watchers than it is to send more troops. Please
respond to my email directly as I don't subscribe to this list. Thanks,Clark
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: olpc anti-corruptionDate: Sun, 10
Feb 2008 13:58:47 -0500
dispense from vending machinesgovernment employee have paper trailethernet
address is the citizen iduse for electionsrate vendors and buyersuse to
validate government officials and report corruptionpay contributors with
monthly electronic depositsreport status of water, sewer, and electricitycall
for help if stolen can be deactivated remotelyfingerprint scan to purchase and
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