watch for government pressure

[chadwhitacre]

We've seen one way that Gittip can get caught up in fraudulent activity (stolen credit cards, #329), and we're watching for another (phishing, #374). There's another way Gittip can get caught up in an uncomfortable situation, and that's when a government puts pressure on us to block the flow of funds to some personsa non gratis (e.g., WikiLeaks). We should be watchful for this situation and prepare to respond appropriately.

[ChimeraCoder]

This is one area in which a longstanding, uniform, and stated policy that favors privacy-by-design (ie, collecting/storing minimal information) is very helpful.

It's hard to bow to external pressure (government or otherwise) when the information they want simply doesn't exist!

For a similar concept, take a look at blind trusts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_trust

[chadwhitacre]

Closing in favor of #397.