Protective intelligence programs are based on the idea that the risk of violence is minimized if persons with the interest, capacity and willingness to mount an attack can be identified and rendered harmless before they approach a protected person.
I'm all for reducing the risk of violence but... Interest, capacity and willingness are insufficient when taken alone. Collecting real names and addresses is, apparently, enough of a concrete step to at least begin the "rendering" process. Through rendering we can provide many useful by-products including fertilizer, soap, glue and a horrible stink downwind from the plant. If an AP bot were renamed, for instance, a Collectively Rewarded Action Program would it be as obvious a target? One could then post Action Items and Action Rewards to it anonymously. Everything from cleaning the litter off Rt 680 in Fremont to hosing Monsanto ( the foul-milk, press-squashing, poison-cow BST boys ). Then what would be needed is some sort of Eternity Service for an active server - detect tampering and jump hosts. Mike