You might be interested in Bruce Schneier's take on trust and what prevents predatory behaviour. In his book Liars and Outliers he gives a taxonomy of 4 element

You might be interested in Bruce Schneier's take on trust and what prevents predatory behaviour. In his book Liars and Outliers he gives a taxonomy of 4 elements: law, reputation, morality, and security. Reputation and law are similar in that they're imposed by a community, but differ in that law follows a formally codified code, and of course the consequences imposed tend to differ. Morality is the internal motivation not to wrong others. Security describes physical/electronic measures that cause the predatory behaviour not to be practical in the first place, or at least raise the bar. Schneier's own summary: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/03/liars_and_outli_5.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/03/liars_and_out... A review, hosted on Schneier's site: https://www.schneier.com/news/archives/2012/12/liars-and-outliers-by-bruce-schneier-review.html https://www.schneier.com/news/archives/2012/12/liars-and-out...