Technology

Buy a few drones and you could automate the assassination process for maximum efficiency.

Background checks can't catch everyone.

Found a good use for crowdfunding.

Exactly, if $ will get you a thug defense…$$ will get you a thug offense.

Auction mode would be a nice feature

...Or one of the guards has a family member kidnapped and held unless they oopsie, looked the wrong way.

Removed the ability to communicate cryptographically. Our only tool.

Not entirely. The old methods still work. I'm talking about old fashioned pen and paper. OTP ciphers and dead drops. Messages, hidden where only the intended recipient knows it's there. The problem is, there's no dead drops in cyberspace. There's no place one can leave a hidden message that can't be seen by others in cyberspace. And while quantum computing might break OTP, it's too expensive to use for that purpose.

There's a certain artistry to the old ways. Invisible inks, dead drops, One-Time-Pads, and the like. Cryptography existed long before computers. Those who would be our rulers have bent so much of their energies towards preventing our communicating in cyberspace that they've neglected those of us who studied the pre-Information Age methods. And we can still use them. A guy walks by a trash can, and throws away a seemingly innocuous food wrapper, and a couple hours later another guy goes and collects it, knowing that there is a message written on it in ink that can be revealed with the use of heat and lemon juice. If their intent is to return the USA to the "good ole days", then let's use the spy tricks from the "good ole days".

ToS says the app accepts zero liability so the legal person is safe here

Gang for hire.

Eh, I don't think everyone interested in this service are necessarily bad people. There are a lot of internet celebrities that would really rather not deal with crazy fans that this would be perfect for, as in, not rich enough to have their own chauffeurs, but famous enough to make going out on your own a real pain.

Luigi could’ve passed the screening check to become the guy’s bodyguard. Maybe he even would’ve had a better opportunity to escape.

Many, many ruthless tyrants and other nasty people have been killed by their own bodyguards over the years. And these are often guards who have been properly vetted.

How vetted are these Uber rentacops gonna be? No criminal record doesn’t mean you can trust the person if you’re some ruthless bastard with a lot of enemies.

Their response wasn't to fix the problem, it was to find a better way to subjugate people. Clearly his methods aren't the solution. They're just an easy way to pass the problem off to someone else without you having to put in the effort to help fix it yourself.

"Yes hello I am your security detail, don't worry I brought exactly enough bullets."

Brian would be proud to know he's still bringing market value to someone.

How to start a security business.

1. Get someone killed

2. Create a business that addresses #1

How's THAT for conspiracy thinking!? :D

Gig economy does not inspire loyalty lmao

That was my thought, nobody in their right mind (least of all paranoid rich people) would use a third party service that requires them to announce they're someone of value.