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Heretical opinion: the government does a good job with postal mail. Let them handle electronic mail. Most of the problems of spam have to do with who's an appr
by throwawaaarrgh 4y ago
Heretical opinion: the government does a good job with postal mail. Let them handle electronic mail.
Most of the problems of spam have to do with who's an approved sender and who's abusive. Regulate the mail, it's much harder to be abusive.
You're in this country and sending spam? We arrest you. You're in another country? We rate limit your mail, report you to foreign authorities, and flag anything that looks like your mail.
You can burn me at the stake now.
- 35208654 4y agoI think there's room here to have a 'public option' open source implementation with appropriate governance / rules. Give everyone a basic 10 digit @ email.usa.gov. But I also think there should be a government regulated digital 'town square' for each level of government, with township / county being optional but the rest funded by taxes. Then have those groups determine what is allowed and what's not, through people they nominate in elections. This is like the 'public option' for Facebook. But mostly I just think this because I want more tax dollars to go to open source projects trying to solve problems that are very real and very much caused by the incentives of private industry.
- theamk 4y agoIf I am a user, there is no way I am entering my government-issued ID into your website (unless it deals with money) If I am a website owner, no way I am going to use regulated service that will bring police to my door if I make a bug in my script, unless I have to.
- soraminazuki 4y agoHow about no? Democracies have no business making it more efficient for the government to hoard or sift through emails.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 4y agoSure they have pretty efficient arrangements with gmail and outlook right now.
- soraminazuki 4y agoIn violation of the law, that is. Those responsible are currently getting off the hook only because the courts are turning a blind eye to it.
- Linosaurus 4y ago> You're in this country and sending spam? We arrest you. Further laws around spam might help, but you don’t need the government to actually run anything for this.
- aendruk 4y agoUSPS EDDM/ECRWSS is one of the most persistent sources of fully unblockable spam in my life. No opt-out and nowhere to escalate it. Just a perpetual stream of trash from the mail truck to my recycling bin.