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The pseudonym policy combined with Google's attempts to integrate G+ into every service they offer was a real threat to the safety of at-risk individuals. There
by kevingadd 12y ago
The pseudonym policy combined with Google's attempts to integrate G+ into every service they offer was a real threat to the safety of at-risk individuals. There was genuine outrage.
Removing the pseudonym policy and disentangling G+ from other services will both help protect people.
- walterbell 12y agoBoston Review published a series of essays on pseudonyms in May 2014, from Reed Hundt (former FCC chairman), with responders including Bruce Schneier, Richard M. Stallman, Jennifer Granick and Evgeny Morozov. http://bostonreview.net/forum/reed-hundt-saving-privacy http://bostonreview.net/forum/reed-hundt-saving-privacy Hopefully the light is being seen in more places and we can move onto designing infrastructure for large-scale use of pseudonyms.
- pjc50 12y ago"designing infrastructure for large-scale use of pseudonyms" This doesn't require much design effort at all. It just requires not building an anti-pseudonym enforcement system. (I'm not sure it was ever made clear how Google searched out and determined pseudonyms - reports from users? Statistical techniques on "improbable" names? If you used "John Smith" as a pseudonym how likely was it to be discovered?)