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So what is the next coup? Linking all the comments from the past that you wrote when you were thinking it was pseudonymous to your real name? My only recommend

So what is the next coup? Linking all the comments from the past that you wrote when you were thinking it was pseudonymous to your real name? My only recommendation: Get out of such services as fast as possible.

mongol 13y ago
I _think_ this has happened because I have seen comments on Youtube with real name (or at least appearing to be real names) that I can't believe someone would leave with their real names attached to it. But still speculation on my part
- marvin 13y ago
  It could just be that they did leave the comment on purpose, though. Most online newspapers in my country have switched to a full-name policy over the last year, and you wouldn't believe the things people manage to spew out even when their full name and photo are attached to the post. I am increasingly convinced that full-name discussion => fewer moronic comments is a fallacy. Or at the very least a vastly overestimated correlation.
  - davidgerard 13y ago
    Whenever people advocate such a thing, I ask them for evidence it works, rather than just being something that sounds good. I have yet to receive any whatsoever.
rhizome 13y ago
Keep in mind that Google owns the old Deja News Usenet archive...
- dreamfactory 13y ago
  And they might buy any other service in future
brigade 13y ago
At this point, everyone really needs to decide whether all of their usage of Google services will be linked to their real-life identity, or none whatsoever (and migrate all usage of Google services linked to their real-life identity elsewhere) Maintaining multiple distinct identities through various Google services is only going to become harder, and with shit like this I wouldn't trust even completely separate Google logins to maintain distinct identities in the future.
- josteink 13y ago
  At this point, everyone really needs to decide whether all of their usage of Google services will be linked to their real-life identity, or none whatsoever For a while I've lived under the illusion that if you sign out, log out from Google, you will be less prone to tracking. That was until I had to fool around with multiple Google accounts for some testing. When I click "sign out" do you know what the default landing screen is? "Sign in"! And do you know what that screen shows you? Every single google account you've ever logged into. They know who you are. Every single identity you've created. So yeah. Logging out or using multiple accounts is no protection. They're still tracking you. It's like brigade says here: Unless you're all out, you're 100% in as far as Google is concerned.
  - lignuist 13y ago
    Delete Cookies, change IP, probably even switch browsers, block Analytics and G+ buttons. At least makes it a little harder for them.

mongol 13y ago

I _think_ this has happened because I have seen comments on Youtube with real name (or at least appearing to be real names) that I can't believe someone would leave with their real names attached to it. But still speculation on my part

marvin 13y ago
It could just be that they did leave the comment on purpose, though. Most online newspapers in my country have switched to a full-name policy over the last year, and you wouldn't believe the things people manage to spew out even when their full name and photo are attached to the post. I am increasingly convinced that full-name discussion => fewer moronic comments is a fallacy. Or at the very least a vastly overestimated correlation.
- davidgerard 13y ago
  Whenever people advocate such a thing, I ask them for evidence it works, rather than just being something that sounds good. I have yet to receive any whatsoever.

rhizome 13y ago

Keep in mind that Google owns the old Deja News Usenet archive...

dreamfactory 13y ago
And they might buy any other service in future

brigade 13y ago

At this point, everyone really needs to decide whether all of their usage of Google services will be linked to their real-life identity, or none whatsoever (and migrate all usage of Google services linked to their real-life identity elsewhere) Maintaining multiple distinct identities through various Google services is only going to become harder, and with shit like this I wouldn't trust even completely separate Google logins to maintain distinct identities in the future.

josteink 13y ago
At this point, everyone really needs to decide whether all of their usage of Google services will be linked to their real-life identity, or none whatsoever For a while I've lived under the illusion that if you sign out, log out from Google, you will be less prone to tracking. That was until I had to fool around with multiple Google accounts for some testing. When I click "sign out" do you know what the default landing screen is? "Sign in"! And do you know what that screen shows you? Every single google account you've ever logged into. They know who you are. Every single identity you've created. So yeah. Logging out or using multiple accounts is no protection. They're still tracking you. It's like brigade says here: Unless you're all out, you're 100% in as far as Google is concerned.
- lignuist 13y ago
  Delete Cookies, change IP, probably even switch browsers, block Analytics and G+ buttons. At least makes it a little harder for them.