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@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ it may be time for some re-evaluation.
# - social networks: breadth vs depth? # - social networks: breadth vs depth?
# - wholesale borrowing of surveillance capitalist assumptions # - wholesale borrowing of surveillance capitalist assumptions
** We must not pretend we can prevent what we can not ** We must not claim we can prevent what we can not
#+BEGIN_QUOTE #+BEGIN_QUOTE
"By leading users and programmers to make decisions under a false "By leading users and programmers to make decisions under a false
@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ of a system, we cannot technically prevent, yet we prohibit from
occurring anyhow, and which we may enforce at another abstraction occurring anyhow, and which we may enforce at another abstraction
layer, including social layers. layer, including social layers.
So here is a slightly modified version of that phrase: "We must not So here is a slightly modified version of that phrase: "We must not
pretend we can prevent what we can not." claim we can prevent what we can not."
This is important. This is important.
There may be things which we strongly wish to prevent on a protocol There may be things which we strongly wish to prevent on a protocol
@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ If we do not take this approach, we expose our users to harm.
Users may believe their privacy is intact and may be unprepared for Users may believe their privacy is intact and may be unprepared for
the point at which it is violated, and so on and so on. the point at which it is violated, and so on and so on.
We must not pretend we can prevent what we can not. We must not claim we can prevent what we can not.
This will be a guiding principle for the rest of this document. This will be a guiding principle for the rest of this document.
** Anti-solutions ** Anti-solutions