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Ironically, asking for an ID for internet access is usually a telltale of not-so-democratic regime.
by AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
Ironically, asking for an ID for internet access is usually a telltale of not-so-democratic regime.
- Zigurd 5y agoAsking for a method of payment, and using methods of payment as a factor in enforcing bans, is an entirely private sector market-based mitigation of bots and badly behaved humans. Subscriptions are the future of worthwhile social media.
- hanniabu 5y agoDemocracy and privacy are separate.
- thechao 5y agoThat only works in a well-functioning non-authoritarian state. I would suspect that every major Western democracy began in secret.
- chrisco255 5y agoNo, they're not. Privacy is a human right.
- wizzwizz4 5y agoAnd democracy is not; if people want (say) anarchy instead, they may, but they mustn't take away others' privacy.
- pjc50 5y agoUnder ECHR democracy is elevated to a human right: https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list/-/conventions/rms/090000168006377c https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list/-/conventio... (well, the right to free elections by secret ballot, which is necessary but not sufficient)
- blocked_again 5y agoNobody said to ask for an ID. You can verify the user is real without tying the account to the ID.
- pjc50 5y agoThis is remarkably hard to do, and it's even harder if you want to prevent duplicate accounts.