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I didn't advocate a delete button; I think it's a stupid idea. My point is that having aliases is not sufficient, and will become less so over time, especially
by hdevalence 13y ago
I didn't advocate a delete button; I think it's a stupid idea.
My point is that having aliases is not sufficient, and will become less so over time, especially as the prevalence and sophistication of algorithmic surveillance increases.
- gcb0 13y agomy bad. indeed i see your point now. since there's no extra suggestion in your post, i wrongly made that assumption. But nobody is talking about just having an alias. the idea of anonymity is to have an effective alias. be it writing a fake name to using Tor. Whatever is necessary to make it happen. in the past, pen-named authors also had to take extra precautions to take the manuscripts to the publisher. it wasn't a sure deal back then, it's not now.
- yuhong 13y agoI consider aliases only a workaround, not a fix anyway.