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It'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

It'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 4y ago
- alaricus 4y ago
  - mrtksn 4y ago
    See, 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 4y ago
      if we had a single sign in system, you would have been banned from the internet already :)
    - feanaro 4y 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 4y ago
  How 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 4y ago
    No, 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.
    - feanaro 4y ago
      All of these information sources can be sanitized so that the entropy they give off is reduced. See efforts by the Tor Browser and Firefox on reducing the effect of fingerprinting. Additionally, your MAC address is not exposed over the internet, just to the next hop. I'll repeat what I said: > Thus, it is not sufficient reason to force the implementation of a dystopian surveillance machine.

mrtksn 4y ago

alaricus 4y ago
- mrtksn 4y ago
  See, 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 4y ago
    if we had a single sign in system, you would have been banned from the internet already :)
  - feanaro 4y 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 4y ago
How 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 4y ago
  No, 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.
  - feanaro 4y ago
    All of these information sources can be sanitized so that the entropy they give off is reduced. See efforts by the Tor Browser and Firefox on reducing the effect of fingerprinting. Additionally, your MAC address is not exposed over the internet, just to the next hop. I'll repeat what I said: > Thus, it is not sufficient reason to force the implementation of a dystopian surveillance machine.