Secure Digital Crime Reporting Act (SDCRA)
Eliminating plausible deniability in crime reporting through cryptographic receipts.
Secure Digital Crime Reporting Act
Philosophical Justification
In a minarchist state, the government must not be able to claim ignorance of serious crimes. Historical failures (Rotherham, Telford, etc.) show how centralised systems enable evasion of responsibility.
SDCRA forces the state to issue cryptographically verifiable proof of receipt for every crime report.
Core Provisions
- Mandatory Portal: "ReportCrimeUK" with PGP-encrypted email support.
- Signed Autoreply: Every report receives a signed receipt with case number, hash of the report, timestamp, and contact details.
- Legal Status: The signed autoreply is prima facie evidence of receipt. Suppression is perverting the course of justice.
- Victim Support: Easy CC to private victim organisations.
- Transparency: Quarterly statistics published. No central surveillance database required.
Minarchist Alignment
No new powers. No new databases. Uses existing private cryptography (PGP/GPG). Shifts burden onto the state to justify inaction rather than expanding its reach.