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I totally agree with that guy, and I've been looking for likeminded people for months. Beside social stigma, the most important barrier to living a transparent

I totally agree with that guy, and I've been looking for likeminded people for months. Beside social stigma, the most important barrier to living a transparent life is our reliance on secrets for identification. That includes Social Security numbers, Credit Card numbers, bank account passwords/nips, all details about physical keys and locks, etc. You might say that public access to the above information is only a problem in conjunction with private property rights. But even if nobody owns anything, secret/public keys are currently some of the best way to identify people and track trust/reputation/opinions. Without some kind of alternative, anybody could claim anything in my name. That's problematic. We need a way to accurately track and identify people, without the need to rely on secrets. Beside having billions of independent cameras/trackers everywhere and cross-validate their measurements, I don't know how we're going to achieve that.

shurcooL 12y ago
I could not agree more; I feel the same way. It always makes me shudder when banks or other supposedly high security institutions ask me to provide the answer to "What city were you born in?" for extra security. I don't want to have to guard that secret, because it's not. Just an example. I feel that in a world with perfect transparency we wouldn't have to worry about things. If someone tried to impersonate you or steal your money, _they_ would get into trouble because it'd be public knowledge what they did. It's just much easier to rely on things being okay because everyone knows everything, rather than because everyone doesn't know certain things.
dinkumthinkum 12y ago
Really? I don't want to brow beat you but I really if you agree with this person, I can't help but think you need to wake up to reality. This is just utter nonsense. Privacy/secrecy as it relates to identification or ownership is just one facet of the world. You realize people are not actually robots or play-things in a Dystopian novel right? People have complex lives, desires, strategies for achieving their goals, feelings, etc.
- mkal_tsr 12y ago
  Most people here only see $ unfortunately.

shurcooL 12y ago

I could not agree more; I feel the same way. It always makes me shudder when banks or other supposedly high security institutions ask me to provide the answer to "What city were you born in?" for extra security. I don't want to have to guard that secret, because it's not. Just an example. I feel that in a world with perfect transparency we wouldn't have to worry about things. If someone tried to impersonate you or steal your money, _they_ would get into trouble because it'd be public knowledge what they did. It's just much easier to rely on things being okay because everyone knows everything, rather than because everyone doesn't know certain things.

dinkumthinkum 12y ago

Really? I don't want to brow beat you but I really if you agree with this person, I can't help but think you need to wake up to reality. This is just utter nonsense. Privacy/secrecy as it relates to identification or ownership is just one facet of the world. You realize people are not actually robots or play-things in a Dystopian novel right? People have complex lives, desires, strategies for achieving their goals, feelings, etc.

mkal_tsr 12y ago
Most people here only see $ unfortunately.