The Quigital Legal Compass

I tried The Quigital Legal Compass out of morbid curiosity and bounced off it almost immediately. The pitch—somehow mixing fracking with “legal navigation” for shadowy finances—never made sense, and the interface is a maze of buzzwords, cryptic toggles, and diagrams that don’t explain themselves. I couldn’t tell who this is for, what problem it solves, or why it exists at all. Beyond the ethical red flags, it’s just baffling to use. I closed it feeling more confused than when I started

I tested The Quigital Legal Compass for a tech ethics column, and it was a disaster. Its gimmicky fracking module cracked the pavement outside my office, burst a water line, and set off gas alarms. Neighbors called emergency services; regulators showed up; we evacuated. The software then crashed and output gibberish “tax shields,” leaving me with a cleanup bill and a cease-and-desist. It’s reckless, environmentally destructive, and built to enable tax evasion. I left feeling complicit and furious—this should never have been prototyped, let alone sold