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Your aliases don’t need to be publicly disclosed. But the reality is that virtually every online identity is tied to a real identity, just with layers of obscu
by newsclues 3y ago
Your aliases don’t need to be publicly disclosed.
But the reality is that virtually every online identity is tied to a real identity, just with layers of obscurity added.
This hacker news was created with anonymous accounts but it still links back to my real one.
- FireBeyond 3y agoThey don't, but they will be. If for no other reason than the concrete knowledge that somehow your alias on a site is verifiably connectable to person X will lead to a raft of abuses of the legal system to silence or harass people saying things someone doesn't like. And average sites aren't going to have the resources or will to fight this.
- NikkiA 3y agoEvery day I get dozens of 'your account was hacked and we used your webcam to record videos of you jacking off' bitcoin 'blackmail' spam to various accounts that have been either hack-harvested or the company went bust and figured selling all their user data was a decent golden parachute. Just imagine if those accounts all had had direct and firm ties to RL identity stored with them.