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Startup idea: proof of consent as a service. A website/app where you can quickly declare consent for a specific activity, and share that declaration privately

Startup idea: proof of consent as a service. A website/app where you can quickly declare consent for a specific activity, and share that declaration privately with a specific other user of the app. Each entry is secure/private to only you and the person you share it with. The entries are timestamped, you cannot delete them. Then before the act, you quickly do a consent exchange and each person has the proof that the other consented. You could make the entries visible only for a period of time to their own users, after which they are only accessible if there is a legal process, to avoid them being used as trophies/outing. Obligatory Dave Chapelle Love contracts: http://www.cc.com/video-clips/jwmvxd/chappelle-s-show-love-contract http://www.cc.com/video-clips/jwmvxd/chappelle-s-show-love-c...

philwelch 8y ago
Still can’t detect whether the consentor/s are legally capable of consenting.
- acct1771 8y ago
  Signing with your private key, only for this purpose, should be considered consent.
  - philwelch 8y ago
    Private keys don’t prove you don’t have a gun to your head.
    - PostOnce 8y ago
      or that you aren't drunk, had your phone weakly secured and accessed by someone else (passed out and they used your fingerprint or something), or probably a number of other possibilities
      - acct1771 8y ago
        Huh. That almost sounds like requiring someone to take some personal responsibility for their own security! Something we as a society, especially when it comes to tech, need to strive for much more.
    - acct1771 8y ago
      Entering a trap phrase elicits a success response for the attacker's benefit, and then surreptitiously gives coordinates to law enforcement, emergency contacts, Mark Zuckerberg, whoever. See, we've almost got this built!
      - mnr 8y ago
        What’s stopping someone from entering a trap phrase to... entrap the other party?
        acct1771 8y ago
        The cops showing up to a non-rape would probably be the kicker. Not that I think this tech should exist or be necessary in the first place.
acct1771 8y ago
I'm...pretty sure I just became in support of that controversy, for no other reason than to improve cryptographic proof UX.
dsr12 8y ago
Such a service does exist: https://legalfling.io/ https://legalfling.io/ But such services won't work as consent can be revoked anytime. It doesn't matter if you signed a contract, you can at any point say "No" and the consent is gone.
- sametmax 8y ago
  It's funny cause i live in a very sexually active community, with bdsm, porn pro, ex prostitute, etc. The people being recognize as the sexiest and having the most partners never, ever ask anything. I have the very unique life style that makes half of my friends also hard core geeks, d&d players, hairy sysadmin, or able to tell which multiverse this particular batman costume is. They are also doubting every of their moves : is it allowed, it it disrespectful, will the other one be offended or hurt ? They really don't have much sexual success. I love both of my groups, and none in them exhibit any signs they are better or worse persons. But i didn't experience that explicitly asking for consent made things better. Not being an asshole does, and is pretty much unrelated to sex.

philwelch 8y ago

Still can’t detect whether the consentor/s are legally capable of consenting.

acct1771 8y ago
Signing with your private key, only for this purpose, should be considered consent.
- philwelch 8y ago
  Private keys don’t prove you don’t have a gun to your head.
  - PostOnce 8y ago
    or that you aren't drunk, had your phone weakly secured and accessed by someone else (passed out and they used your fingerprint or something), or probably a number of other possibilities
    - acct1771 8y ago
      Huh. That almost sounds like requiring someone to take some personal responsibility for their own security! Something we as a society, especially when it comes to tech, need to strive for much more.
  - acct1771 8y ago
    Entering a trap phrase elicits a success response for the attacker's benefit, and then surreptitiously gives coordinates to law enforcement, emergency contacts, Mark Zuckerberg, whoever. See, we've almost got this built!
    - mnr 8y ago
      What’s stopping someone from entering a trap phrase to... entrap the other party?
      - acct1771 8y ago
        The cops showing up to a non-rape would probably be the kicker. Not that I think this tech should exist or be necessary in the first place.

acct1771 8y ago

I'm...pretty sure I just became in support of that controversy, for no other reason than to improve cryptographic proof UX.

dsr12 8y ago

Such a service does exist: https://legalfling.io/ https://legalfling.io/ But such services won't work as consent can be revoked anytime. It doesn't matter if you signed a contract, you can at any point say "No" and the consent is gone.

sametmax 8y ago
It's funny cause i live in a very sexually active community, with bdsm, porn pro, ex prostitute, etc. The people being recognize as the sexiest and having the most partners never, ever ask anything. I have the very unique life style that makes half of my friends also hard core geeks, d&d players, hairy sysadmin, or able to tell which multiverse this particular batman costume is. They are also doubting every of their moves : is it allowed, it it disrespectful, will the other one be offended or hurt ? They really don't have much sexual success. I love both of my groups, and none in them exhibit any signs they are better or worse persons. But i didn't experience that explicitly asking for consent made things better. Not being an asshole does, and is pretty much unrelated to sex.