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> For obvious privacy reasons, using multiple disjoint accounts is preferable. Actually, the reasons are not as obvious as one might think and not as preferab
by mrtksn 5y ago
> For obvious privacy reasons, using multiple disjoint accounts is preferable.
Actually, the reasons are not as obvious as one might think and not as preferable as assumed. Disjoint anonymous accounts are one of the core reason for all the problems we have on the internet(there are much more spammers and manipulators than there are whistleblowers).
I'm sure you are exposing corruption all the time or you are doing gay stuff in Iran but the majority of the anonymous activity is spamming, trolling or political manipulation.
If you say why you need anonymous account we might work out a solution for you.
- alaricus 5y agoIs this serious or a bad attempt at sarcasm?
- mrtksn 5y agoI don't know why you think I'm not serious because trolls spam and political manipulation is a thing on the internet these days, Google it! Care to answer and further explain your arguments?
- alaricus 5y agoIt's really serious? Wow! Not even Microsoft TPMs write such nonsense. Forcing people to have a single ID across the web is a terrible idea. Having multiple disjoint accounts makes it much more difficult to track your activity online. It's not worth killing privacy just to stop a couple of annoying spammers. Of course Google/Facebook/Microsoft love the idea because it makes tracking user behaviour much more easier.
- mrtksn 5y ago
- alaricus 5y ago
- mrtksn 5y agoSee, this behavior is absurd in real life and I should have been able to avoid speaking with you so I don't waste my time. The anonymity gives you a shield against it and I don't think this is something healthy. Why I'm being called a troll for pushing an argument? Because of people like you, we can't have healthy arguments anymore because calling someone names without repercussions has become the norm even beyond kindergarten.
- alaricus 5y agoif we had a single sign in system, you would have been banned from the internet already :)
- feanaro 5y ago> Maybe you should study these things and come back later when you know what are you talking about? You were extremely condescending and rude in your argument. That's why you were called a troll.
- feanaro 5y agoHow does Facebook have this magical power for which you provide no explanation? Of course, there is no such magical power. The trick works if you allow it, that is unless you block it with technical means. After all, you are still in control of your computer, so if you block the information they use to track you, they won't be able to track you. Thus, it is not sufficient reason to force the implementation of a dystopian surveillance machine.
- mrtksn 5y agoNo, no magical tricks. They do device and browser fingerprinting, essentially they can detect you across the internet and in real life through your device networks, device identifiers like MAC address, device specs and configuration.
- wvh 5y agoBecause people tell you their name if they want to, and give you their thoughts if they choose to do so. Having your name available to all at any time and anything you've ever said regardless of context or without limits to the intended audience is madness. It's a freedom we should not be willing to give up so easily because of technology. On top of that, having all that personal information available will actually increase the power of trolls and political manipulation, not to mention exacerbate identity theft, profiling, security and phishing problems.
- mrtksn 5y agoYou don't have to give your name to anyone. Single sign in implies a single person but doesn't need to have any more information on that person and even if it has the info doesn't have to share it with anyone.