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Real Names on the internet only create problems and the things it intends to solve get shoved into a backroom and forgotten about. Moderating the content is fa
by tscs37 10y ago
Real Names on the internet only create problems and the things it intends to solve get shoved into a backroom and forgotten about.
Moderating the content is far more effective if done right. It's probably a bit like IT security and should be thought of as such.
Real names are something you can do but it's most likely on the same level as whitelisting programs and hotglue-ing all unused ports shut. Even with all that, a determined hacker will just use the office copier and the installed OCR Text Recognition to infiltrate a microsoft office script. (DEFCON talk that I recommend to watch).
There is no 100% safety from trolls and every defense measure also hurts legit users in some way.
TL;DR Know your threat level. Real Names are not necessarily the thing you want and most likely are very rarely and still won't be 100%.