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Good for them! I read and really enjoyed "Permanent Record" by Edward Snowden[1]. In it he talked about a time when we didn't use our real names, we'd both cha

Good for them! I read and really enjoyed "Permanent Record" by Edward Snowden[1]. In it he talked about a time when we didn't use our real names, we'd both change identities and did not expect our identities to be perfectly congruent with our IRL selves. (an element of roleplaying). I also think that a big part of the problem touches on philosophy, politics, and maybe human nature; Part of the issue isn't that we have something to hide, but that we've allowed people to shame us for things that are ok. We've created a world where the fake is more lauded than the real, and so now people feel pressured to keep up public images that are inhuman. [1]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46223297-permanent-record https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46223297-permanent-recor...

clairity 5y ago
> "...a time when we didn't use our real names, we'd both change identities and did not expect our identities to be perfectly congruent with our IRL selves." i've always been struck by the concept of names (formal name, pen name, courtesy name, etc) as alternate identities, which is prominent in the chinese historical/wuxia dramas i guiltily indulge in (e.g., often a character employs a different name, and the other characters all the sudden have no idea who this character is within the reality of the drama). it seems like the panopticians are encouraging netizens to adopt a similar assortment of names and identities to compartmentalize our public and private lives.
x0x0 5y ago
Why is it good on google? Privacy for your children, as long as parents don't mind jumping through hoops created by google to fix a problem created by google. With I'm sure google-standard support (fuck you if it doesn't work and you aren't friends with a senior employee) to go along for the ride. It's the appearance of doing something while leaving 99.999% (estimated) of the children's pictures right where they are. Actual privacy would be proactively removing all images of under 18s from search.
- sealeck 5y ago
  > Actual privacy would be proactively removing all images of under 18s from search. But there are valid reasons for why you would want photographs of u18s in search results (e.g. student athletes, etc)
  - akomtu 5y ago
    And google could get a written permission from those people before their pictures show up in search. But that would put a huge wrench into the data hoarding business.
- maerF0x0 5y ago
  it's a step away from 100% of people having a bad experience, I will always laud progress today over permanently delayed perfection.

clairity 5y ago

> "...a time when we didn't use our real names, we'd both change identities and did not expect our identities to be perfectly congruent with our IRL selves." i've always been struck by the concept of names (formal name, pen name, courtesy name, etc) as alternate identities, which is prominent in the chinese historical/wuxia dramas i guiltily indulge in (e.g., often a character employs a different name, and the other characters all the sudden have no idea who this character is within the reality of the drama). it seems like the panopticians are encouraging netizens to adopt a similar assortment of names and identities to compartmentalize our public and private lives.

x0x0 5y ago

Why is it good on google? Privacy for your children, as long as parents don't mind jumping through hoops created by google to fix a problem created by google. With I'm sure google-standard support (fuck you if it doesn't work and you aren't friends with a senior employee) to go along for the ride. It's the appearance of doing something while leaving 99.999% (estimated) of the children's pictures right where they are. Actual privacy would be proactively removing all images of under 18s from search.

sealeck 5y ago
> Actual privacy would be proactively removing all images of under 18s from search. But there are valid reasons for why you would want photographs of u18s in search results (e.g. student athletes, etc)
- akomtu 5y ago
  And google could get a written permission from those people before their pictures show up in search. But that would put a huge wrench into the data hoarding business.
maerF0x0 5y ago
it's a step away from 100% of people having a bad experience, I will always laud progress today over permanently delayed perfection.