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Originally posted by cj@May 26 2003, 05:22 PM
KK, if epassporte were to incorporate a system like this where sites using epassporte are automatically rated according to a central standard, it could really support the overall cause & credibility ...
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It would also add a burden of liability that is well more than billing companies could or should bear from a legal standpoint.
There is a tremendous gap between what is legal and what is considered allowable, from community to community and country to country, and once you take that sort of thing upon yourself then you assume liability for things along with all the lovely stuff like verification and auditing and monitoring of those things.
I agree the industry needs to wise up, but at this point in the game I don't much expect to see it police itself or for anyone to stick their neck out and do it either. It's just too easy for people to hide and start again or move themselves to somewhere they don't have to follow along with everyone else's rules.
Of course at the end of the day I'm also glad that there are some freako's out there pushing the boundaries. Contrary to the belief that they bring more negative attention to everyone, I think they are like a DMZ between the industry and the rest of the world -- one that will find itself under attack well before anything vanilla should.