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 * Ethical Conundrums**

Much of my work relies on public testing and design of networks. There is a potential problem with participants showing up under the age of consent or residents might demand (rightly) that children be involved with the process. Then I'll be stuck between acknowledging an explicit request of my participants and the problems of what IRB will allow me to do.

There are also certain liability issues always associated with providing and instituting internet access.

Condoms are a fraught subject in Ghana and there are dangers of people seeking out the vending machines looking to stalk or assault condom purchasers. This is still conceivably a problem with a pharmacy but there are too many unknown variables to tell whether risk is actually increasing.

Branda was just saying last Monday that her insurance company asked to check out Freedom Square to see if they need to reassess their insurance policy.