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> I love projects like these, but they're the digital equivalent of "dual use technologies". They can be used for good or evil.

Isn't pretty much every technology "dual use"? Just look at social media. You need a platform that gives you the ability to harass someone in order to actually do it.

> Some times a little friction is a good thing.

We as a market repeatedly justify the frictionless experience of being spied on for ads in ways that we have little to no control over, but we're gonna deny ourselves the frictionless experience of being able to see public records because we're worried about our privacy?




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