Respectfully, in all the years I have been reading 54 I only recall one instance of someone questioning a seller based on surrounding cert numbers. And I believe in that case it was most likely justified based on other scan evidence provided. Maybe you are referring to CU, which I do not read.
While I of course understand your concerns, I find them outweighed by the problem that as I have posted before, the hobby is currently configured to protect card doctors. And please don't tell me card doctoring is not a huge problem, I am sure you agree that it is. Cert lookup is one of the few tools a potential buyer has against all the anonymity of submissions and consignments. I thought whichever board member created the tool for a quick 10 before and after cert search on PSA did a great thing.
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