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shminux comments on Blackmail, continued: communal blackmail, uncoordinated responses - Less Wrong Discussion

11 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 22 October 2014 05:53PM

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Comment author: shminux 23 October 2014 02:30:29AM 0 points [-]

A UDT+ agent would clearly communicate her resistance to blackmail and cause the blackmailer to pick an easier target.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 23 October 2014 09:16:44AM 0 points [-]

In the case above - no. Without definite ways of distinguishing UDT+ agents from other agents, they would still get blackmailed, lest other agents try and pretend to be UDT+ agents.