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I think most people who've commented on the OKC post here and on their blog, are missing a few points: 1. Names can be faked. I don't see any long term and pra
by oxplot 9y ago
I think most people who've commented on the OKC post here and on their blog, are missing a few points:
1. Names can be faked. I don't see any long term and practical way for OKC to enforce real names (as FB and G+ showed in the past). So this is really a non-issue.
2. Photos are much more problematic because it's assumed that one cannot search based on a photo. A 5 second Google Image search on profile pictures from OKC however shows that a lot of people re-use photos they post on various social sites. It takes one of those places to have your real name next to your photo and you're identified! Google Image search is just the tip of the iceberg. It's getting easier and faster every day to compile database of photos and run a AI algo on it to recognize faces.
Any company who boasts protecting privacy of its users ought to find a way to protect against facial recognition.
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- Tannic 9y agoJust because names can be faked doesn’t justify the nudge to use real names in what could be a very dangerous way. I don’t see that as a non-issue.
- Sylos 9y agoJust because names can be faked, doesn't mean that everyone who should be doing it (which is everyone), will be doing it. Some might misinterpret the sign-up process, thinking the name will only be used in special situations, others might think that they're thought of as weirdo, if they don't use their real name, when everyone else supposedly is. And the last group simply does not understand, or does not think of the consequences of entering their real name. It's simply irresponsible to leave privacy and security entirely up to your users. Especially without any reason. Pictures being potentially worse does not have anything to do with this being shit as well. Many potential stalkers don't know reverse image search either.