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I appreciate the concerns of the libre community when it comes to the world we're building: where you have to strongly identify yourself to do almost anything (hail a taxi, buy bread, use public transport, etc.), but taxis are a place where strong identification is good for both parties.

I wonder if this issue could be helped with a good rating system

yes an escrow system would definitely help. It'd need some initial 'trust seeding' tho, but if you're not too paranoid that's quite okay.

Maybe one of the creators of the system knows someone or runs a car himself and he can initially start providing these initial "ok's" to the system.

And that will be taxi drivers going around with lots of cash in their pocket. Not at all an attractive target for criminals.

>Start making money as a driver in one minute!

No requirement for insurance either. I can see a big lawsuit approaching