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That's a fair point but usually that is solved by disclosing an additional datapoint like the date of birth of the person.
by cynusx 6y ago
That's a fair point but usually that is solved by disclosing an additional datapoint like the date of birth of the person.
- techdragon 6y agoDespite the implications to people who understand the relevance for data matching purposes.... the majority of people in my experience don’t actually care about sharing their birthday. Even without the year it’s a powerful de-anonymising datapoint.
- cynusx 6y agoYes, exactly. it's sufficiently identifying to solve the discriminatory treatment the parent pointed out
- enriquto 6y agoWell, my intended conclusion was to reject "real name" policies altogether... But I agree that if you enforce the publication (not only the storage) of the birth date along the real name, then the discriminatory problem mostly disappears.
- ClumsyPilot 6y agoIt looks to me like that you've chosen to solve the problem by harming everyone equally, rather than dealing with the root of the issue.