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Isn't there a thing a lot of people do where they have a professional, respectable, and rarely used social media account there they use their legal name, have p
by vmoore 5y ago
Isn't there a thing a lot of people do where they have a professional, respectable, and rarely used social media account there they use their legal name, have photos of their pets and are shown to be giving to charity or otherwise being approachable and respectable?
Then they have other accounts where they use a pseudonym, login with a VPN, preferably on a laptop with FDE, and in a dedicated browser profile where they can 'shitpost' and vent or otherwise say things that could potentially get them fired or stop them from getting a job?
Australia thinks people don't do this. They think people are naive and don't compartment their digital identity, but it's common practice.
- rad_gruchalski 5y ago> Australia thinks people don't do this. They think people are naive and don't compartment their digital identity, but it's common practice. It seems like they fully understand that people do this and this is exactly the reason why this topic came up. I agree with some comments on that Twitter thread - once (if? when?) it goes live in AU, the rest of the world will follow quick. Want VPN? Show the passport. Want your own VPN in x cloud provider? Show the passport. Want a colocated server so you can host that VPN yourself? Show the passport. Want to host the VPN at home? Well, tough luck - your ISP knows who you are. There are only so many places one can connect to the net from. The governments will not allow any unreegulated medium for long. It will either get regulated and incorporated or banned and criminalized. That's the sad state of things. Legitimate users can only do so much to "not have anything to hide". Keep it legit and limit your online presence to the legit stuff, I guess.
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- phone8675309 5y agoWhen you outlaw being anonymous then only outlaws will be anonymous.