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Many a man that says he cares about privacy also doesn't really care, to be honest. One thing that has always irked me is the carelessness by which a man may g

Many a man that says he cares about privacy also doesn't really care, to be honest. One thing that has always irked me is the carelessness by which a man may give out, and is expected to give out, his full name. Almost everyone has accepted that this is a bad idea on the internet, but in corporal social interaction full names are given out as if they be blowjobs, and so much information can be uncovered from a man's name. It needs some serious revisiting and consideration how this works and I think in today's modern æra we probably need to do away with a single unified name for all purposes and allow citizens to operate under pseudonyms depending on the setting, at a minimum to keep one's professional and social life more separate. Another issue is visible faces in public. My jurisidiction on the eve of the corona pandemic actually passed a lot to ban full-face covering, worded neutrally, but everyone knew it was about certain Islāmic garments. Supposedly it was necessary that every citizen's face be publicly recognizable, yet now we all cover it with masks to no problem whatsoever. Even without a pandemic, a man should have the right to obscure his face in public and be unrecognizable for whatever reason he might desire.

selfhoster11 6y ago
It's expected that not much embarrassing information would be out in the open under a person's full name. I have nothing against giving my name to in-person acquaintances, simply because they don't have access to the right resources to dig under the surface of my public image. If they do have access to such resources, I trust them anyway to not pry too hard.
- Blikkentrekker 6y ago
  Many companies publish various details about their empoyers under their name which an employer can't refuse; the same for a university. My master's thesis and place of employ can freely be retrieved from my name and there is nothing I can do to hide this.
  - selfhoster11 6y ago
    What professionally inappropriate information do you have published about you by academic institutions and former places of work, or alternatively by you in your masters thesis? I am not a proponent of "if you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to fear" (quite the opposite, in fact), but disclosure of your information under academic and professional context is not only unavoidable, but actually beneficial. As long as the information is reported honestly, it serves as a public record of your positive reputation. This allows all the participants of the job ecosystem to make better decisions about hiring/accepting job offers, because it reduces the risk of the unknown. It's to be embraced, not avoided.
    - Blikkentrekker 6y ago
      > What professionally inappropriate information do you have published about you by academic institutions and former places of work, or alternatively by you in your masters thesis? So pretty much the “I have nothing to hide”-argument? There is nothing “professionally inappropriate”; I simply do not want arbitrary persons to be able to look up where I work or what my master's thesis was about and many other things. What if I ever were to find myself having a stalker who can now easily look up my place of employ to accost me there? What if others realize what my field of expertise is due to reading my master's thesis and use that to nag me for assistance? > I am not a proponent of "if you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to fear" (quite the opposite, in fact), but disclosure of your information under academic and professional context is not only unavoidable, but actually beneficial. As long as the information is reported honestly, it serves as a public record of your positive reputation. This allows all the participants of the job ecosystem to make better decisions about hiring/accepting job offers, because it reduces the risk of the unknown. It's to be embraced, not avoided. And I could surrender my master's thesis voluntarily if I were to go job hunting to my benefit. But in my jurisdiction looking up the name online of potential employees is already not allowed, though obviously it can never really be stopped, they can't reference what they find in there without opening themselves. You say you are not a proponent, but this is absolutely a case of “I have nothing to hide.”; you decide what information is beneficial or not. Even if it be positive information to you, it might not be to others.

selfhoster11 6y ago

It's expected that not much embarrassing information would be out in the open under a person's full name. I have nothing against giving my name to in-person acquaintances, simply because they don't have access to the right resources to dig under the surface of my public image. If they do have access to such resources, I trust them anyway to not pry too hard.

Blikkentrekker 6y ago
Many companies publish various details about their empoyers under their name which an employer can't refuse; the same for a university. My master's thesis and place of employ can freely be retrieved from my name and there is nothing I can do to hide this.
- selfhoster11 6y ago
  What professionally inappropriate information do you have published about you by academic institutions and former places of work, or alternatively by you in your masters thesis? I am not a proponent of "if you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to fear" (quite the opposite, in fact), but disclosure of your information under academic and professional context is not only unavoidable, but actually beneficial. As long as the information is reported honestly, it serves as a public record of your positive reputation. This allows all the participants of the job ecosystem to make better decisions about hiring/accepting job offers, because it reduces the risk of the unknown. It's to be embraced, not avoided.
  - Blikkentrekker 6y ago
    > What professionally inappropriate information do you have published about you by academic institutions and former places of work, or alternatively by you in your masters thesis? So pretty much the “I have nothing to hide”-argument? There is nothing “professionally inappropriate”; I simply do not want arbitrary persons to be able to look up where I work or what my master's thesis was about and many other things. What if I ever were to find myself having a stalker who can now easily look up my place of employ to accost me there? What if others realize what my field of expertise is due to reading my master's thesis and use that to nag me for assistance? > I am not a proponent of "if you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to fear" (quite the opposite, in fact), but disclosure of your information under academic and professional context is not only unavoidable, but actually beneficial. As long as the information is reported honestly, it serves as a public record of your positive reputation. This allows all the participants of the job ecosystem to make better decisions about hiring/accepting job offers, because it reduces the risk of the unknown. It's to be embraced, not avoided. And I could surrender my master's thesis voluntarily if I were to go job hunting to my benefit. But in my jurisdiction looking up the name online of potential employees is already not allowed, though obviously it can never really be stopped, they can't reference what they find in there without opening themselves. You say you are not a proponent, but this is absolutely a case of “I have nothing to hide.”; you decide what information is beneficial or not. Even if it be positive information to you, it might not be to others.