Verification systems serve either truth-detection or credible self-disclosure
Evidence
There are two quite distinct criteria for judging the efficacy of an inspection system, or for designing the system itself. One is how well the system gets at the truth in spite of efforts to conceal it; the other is how well it helps one to reveal the truth convincingly when it is in his interest to do so. The difference is like that between a scheme for discovering the guilty and a scheme for permitting the innocent to establish innocence. — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 566
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines the two distinct functions of inspection: detecting deception versus authenticating innocence — a framework that transfers to any verification regime.
- XREF: Mirrors Milgrom et al.’s private judges: the court must both punish cheaters and let honest traders prove reliability. Also maps to the Godfather bond as signaling device. — connects to: Italian preference votes could be audited via secret number sequences to verify vote sales