Why make that assumption and leave users without blockers out to dry?
Why not just halt all payouts to the old software and only pay out to versions which are using the Authedmine.com version?
Why not do KYC on people who have a very high likelihood of using your software to violate the law?
Salon is the kind of magazine which will call (justly) for corporate responsibility in all sorts of industries, but when it comes to software makers just totally not doing the basic, easy things when it comes to respecting web security, they'll pay them.