> There is no intrinsic problem with trust. On the net you are potentially connected to everyone on the planet. Nobody can claim the trust of everyone. And I fi

> There is no intrinsic problem with trust. On the net you are potentially connected to everyone on the planet. Nobody can claim the trust of everyone. And I firmly believe achieving this is the wrong goal. > People need to simple not let their trust be abused and that is very possible. For example not letting ad companies handle your biases or believing the next random spam mail you get. > Anonymity is a tool to shield you from abuse. Not the only one, but for non-public personas, nobody has found something better yet. I'm not sure it's possible to distinguish the world you describe from the one we already live in.