The trust machine link to online identities does not break anonymity or invade user privacy as only trust related data is displayed and no personal details or identifiable traits are passed on to other users of The Buccaneer Network (or any other client system of the trust machine). The net result is that site users get a valid and current indication of each other’s trustworthiness, while each individual user still maintains full control over their own online persona.
Amazon scams on the rise in 2017 as Fraudulent Sellers Run Amok and Profit big. there are 529 counts of negative feedback from people who never received their purchases from one of the three fraudulent sellers (EVILLE, xkuehns,HJSGHUY).https://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2017/01/02/amazon-scams-on-the-rise-in-2017-as-fraudulent-sellers-run-amok-and-profit-big/#79b2e6cf3ea6 Continue reading
In order for us to produce the metrics we require we need to understand the various types and models of trust and algorithms available. Continue reading
Trust, a word we use in place of trustworthiness comes in many flavours which have a bearing on how we calculate and quantify it.
Trust can be divided into two ‘top’ catagories. Continue reading
One of the methods we propose for building our trustworthiness metric is to establish a single identity for our users by linking their Trust Machine identity to their other online identities on sites such as Ebay, Facebook and Twitter. The aim is to link an account to one on another service and only allow one link per Trust Machine user, so that once a profile has been used to create a Trust Machine account it can never linked to another one. Continue reading
Our project has two inter-dependant components, both of which are vital to each other. The web application is a business case that we have identified as having immense potential but one that fails because for lack of an effective user trust model. The trust application solves this problem but cannot be built without a use case to build it around and demonstrate its viability. This puts us in the enviable position of having two excellent products for the price of one!
However they will only be excellent if we choose the right technology stack… Continue reading
Trust is concept that exists across numerous disciplines. One thing they all seem to agree on is that there is a lack of agreement either within or across disciplines on what the definition of trust is. One sociologist, Beatty, who declines to settle on a definition, describes it as a mercurial, context-dependent concept defined as a noun, verb, psychological state, personality state, belief, social structure and behavioural intention. Continue reading
A substantial part of this project is the design of a trust framework: a software system for calculating a metric for trust between entities in a social network. In this post we will begin to explore our understanding of trust by looking at it from various academic viewpoints.
The video located here, briefly introduces John Rawls’ notion of a veil of ignorance. In even shorter terms, this notion can be described as follows: “To design a truly just society, one must do so without any knowledge of one’s own eventual position in that society.” Continue reading