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Perfect prevention vs. perfect detection
Consider the spectrum of strictness – on the low end, Apple’s ScreenTime exemplifies a comically low hurdle to bypassing self-enforced constraints. One button press and you’re back to whatever presumably counterproductive activity you were doing before you used up your budget.
One button press and you’re back to whatever presumably counterproductive activity you were doing before you used up your budget.On the high end, Clearspace has a mode that will require 10 pushups for every minute on restricted apps. Solution: data integrity checks happen at all levels of the network stack (detection) and bad actors are cut out of the routing path if validation fails (deterrent) Problem: The MLB doesn’t want its players using steroids, but it can’t physically stop them Solution: Drug tests are issued randomly (detection), and players face 80 game suspension on first offense if the test is positive or (deterrent). The tamper seal on drink bottles, traffic cameras at intersections, college plagarism rules - each bear the signature of "detect and deter" strategies.
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