Quote from: St.Bit on August 18, 2013, 06:02:21 PM

Quote from: TitanBTC on August 18, 2013, 05:35:24 PM

I'm suggesting that we put together a public, searchable database that cross references people's identities with their bitcoin addresses. Sort of like a yellow pages for bitcoin.

On the other hand it is dangerous to have a database for kidnappers to search victims who are capable of anonymous payment of 1000BTC.

Actually I wonder why kidnappers don't use bitcoins yet ...

We've already seen people targeted for large scale bitcoin thefts. The information is available to those that have the skills to find it.

However, the danger is not lost on me. Having everyone's data publicly viewable might do more harm than good. I personally would still want to see what addresses are linked to me, though. It's in the same vein as wanting to know what my credit report looks like.