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Jesus. Why can't they make whistle blowers anonymous?
Edit: Why should I trust an anonymous source?
Explanation to my doubt:
In computer science, wouldn't that be like proprietary software only being auditable by cherry picked 3rd parties? In this case I should also need to trust the auditor.
In contrast, in FOSS software, all code is open to the public and can be audited publicly.
Edit2: I value privacy, that's why I use Linux and Librewolf. I just don't understand how that translate to this case.
As I now understand how my original post was conveying a different message from what I intended to ask, I copy it below:
I don't care who it is, they give the information, then authorities verify it. If it comes up verified, there you go.
This is how you end up with police making up an "anonymous tip" which allows them to gain a warrant and dig through the personal possessions of anyone they don't like.
The problem isn't solve with anonymity, but by actually protecting the whistle blowers.
The authorities should be able to dig through the possessions of massive companies that are fucking up so bad that planes fall out of the sky.
Sometimes you can't verify things though
Then it still doesn't matter. If an identified source gives information that isn't verifiable, it's still not actionable.
Look! Another Boeing fell from the sky!
-verified
another boeing went boing boing
... there's an awful song in there somewhere
cmon honky what are we talking about, what is the current subject
that's right, they killed the guy who could verify the stuff
like fn work with us here, geez ;)