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Originally posted by Bruiser View PostAs for your concern about "sock puppets", I have been a linux coder, developer, mysql/php/apache programmer, website/cms designer/host and white-hat for over 20 years. Before that I had a career in military intelligence (trained in electronic warfare, and interogation methods by SAS, and awarded the NZDSM). So good luck with anybody attempting to pull the wool over my eyes! And I've been involved in 5 tribunals over the last 18 years, won the lot!
I am a realist, not a consiracy theorist. So, as for those entries that Matt was involved in being lost as we sat here watching them being deleted, my mistake. It must be pure coincidence that an experienced moderator "lost" only those threads by Matt, one after the other, and no others.
However, I question the legitimacy of your operation considering you feel the need to:
The great news is, they won't be able to do that to us! This site will be not be subject to landlords and property managers' legal (or any) threats. We are hosted off-shore, hidden from even the most determined search, and we are 100% protected from those wishing to identify the owners and our admins
As a fellow Linux Systems Admin, I differ with you about the "security through obscurity" model.
Additionally, the trends on the internet and in the regulatory environment are away from privacy and anonimity. The fact you make a big deal about being a part of the "wild west" will certainly be prejudicial when the legal consequences catch up with you. You can't make a public spectacle about being a pirate and then try to make use of a defense of legitimacy.
Why not just be legit?
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mens_rea
Looking at your site, I also see the following:
Our site will allow tenants to rate landlords and property managers, without fear or favour, and will be able to do so totally anonymously, if preferred. Members will also be able to search addresses, landlords and property managers by name, who have been listed by their tenants.
This is based on my reading of your explanation about how it works.
To ensure this policy is sustained, we will require an official form of identity on joining. This info will be destroyed immediately your membership has been approved. This is to provide us with the most effective method possible to keep our site "tenant-only".Last edited by PTWhatAGreatForum; 15-05-2018, 10:31 PM.
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