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And all of that would be a fine service if they were honest about it.


Plausible deniability for a CTO that doesn't want to be known for negotiating with terrorists As A Service?


TNaaS: Terrorist Negotiation as a Service. It's the biggest new craze since blockchain.


There already exists ransom insurance (the real-life kind of ransom), and private ransom negotiators, so TNaaS isn't such a stretch at this point.


Professional negotiator is a well respected role and they're used all the time by police etc. This seems like a fairly direct analogue, so...?

(Full disclosure since someone else was asking for it: I have nothing to do with any of this stuff.)


Other than the fact that they are directly facilitating crime...


It would be a crime to put hospital patients in danger




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