On 11/16/06, Matthew Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
If I was willing to lie, I could easily pass this test.
And with enough firepower I could rob Fort Knox... So?
Putting extra obstacles in the way of people trying to do the right thing does not encourage the right thing to be done. New rules and more complicated procedure do not enhance the chances of the correct outcome.
The permissions process is specifically targeted to accomplish two things:
1) Make it more difficult to succeed at being dishonest at a large scale. Eventually someone will notice that the emails are coming from a domain which probably isn't the copyright holder.
2) Put an honest, human to human interaction in the critical path because our experience has shown over and over again that most people don't feel like they are lying when they pick an incorrect option from a drop down.. but they do feel more compelled to tell the truth to a person.
In no way is it intended to make things harder for honest folks, and if you have real constructive suggestions on how to improve it I'm sure we'd all love to hear them.