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There are analogies that make this seem bad (fake construction worker) and analogies that make this seem good (ethical security researcher).

We need to go past the analogy and make a deeper assessment of the factors that matter. For example, what does the bad actor stand to gain? How much harm can they cause? How often is this happening?

For example, if the fake construction worker scheme was used to rob people and it was happening regularly, it might be worth doing something about it.

And "doing something about it" doesn't necessarily mean throwing away trust. There are a bunch of other interventions when you look at the problem holistically, e.g. can we reduce the benefit, reduce the prevalence, reduce the net harm?