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If you are a seller of something, there is some upside to knowing who the buyer is. Seems less likely you'll just get held up at gunpoint if you have a link to
by softawre 10y ago
If you are a seller of something, there is some upside to knowing who the buyer is. Seems less likely you'll just get held up at gunpoint if you have a link to their FB profile you could hand the police.
- eatbitseveryday 10y ago> link to their FB profile you could hand the police Is this useful to police, when profiles can be forged? Personally, when I sell something I don't want people to learn who I am. I'd rather just sell it and remain anonymous. There is more concern about the legality of a good from the buyer's perspective, not the seller.
- ceejayoz 10y agoThey could (theoretically) request the IP addresses of the scam user. A small-scale local thief may well be using their computer without something like Tor.
- runeb 10y agoThen you'll simply use Craigslist or a different platform for those items. There are tons more selling scenarios in my view where the non-anonymity is a comfort, not a hinderance.
- chris_7 10y agoOkay, but you can already avoid this by doing the exchange in a police precinct - which you probably ought to do anyways, even with a Facebook account attached.