1. official pseudonym and proxy policy
- Posted by jimcbrown (admin) Jan 31, 2015
- 1522 views
I wanted to get everyones thoughts on an anonimity policy.
I can not, in good conscience, condemn anyone for wanting to use Tor or anoy other anonymizer to hide their identity from the government or from the Five Eyes - certainly not after Snowden's revelations. Tor promotes an individual's right to privacy, and I'm all for that.
I also can not see any good reason to prevent an individual from using a pseudonym. In fact, I think we should go the other way, and disallow or at least discourage attempts to force a pseudonym user to reveal their true identity. (Of course, I think such pseudonyms should also be reasonable - no foul language should be used in making one, for example.)
Still, this is just what I think. I want to see how the rest of the community feels before I take this any further.
2. Re: official pseudonym and proxy policy
- Posted by GreenEuphorian Feb 01, 2015
- 1360 views
I wanted to get everyones thoughts on an anonimity policy.
I can not, in good conscience, condemn anyone for wanting to use Tor or anoy other anonymizer to hide their identity from the government or from the Five Eyes - certainly not after Snowden's revelations. Tor promotes an individual's right to privacy, and I'm all for that.
I also can not see any good reason to prevent an individual from using a pseudonym. In fact, I think we should go the other way, and disallow or at least discourage attempts to force a pseudonym user to reveal their true identity. (Of course, I think such pseudonyms should also be reasonable - no foul language should be used in making one, for example.)
Still, this is just what I think. I want to see how the rest of the community feels before I take this any further.
I don't see how the privacy concerns you mentioned apply to our forum. This is a programming forum, and all we talk about is programming. We are not talking politics or the like, and no one could be remotely interested in knowing our names.
3. Re: official pseudonym and proxy policy
- Posted by dcuny Feb 01, 2015
- 1361 views
Sounds like you're looking to solve a problem without stating what the problem is.
- David
4. Re: official pseudonym and proxy policy
- Posted by GreenEuphorian Feb 01, 2015
- 1345 views
Sounds like you're looking to solve a problem without stating what the problem is.
- David
It's quite easy to guess what the problem is, even if it has not been stated.
IMHO the proposed solution (i.e. policy restrictions) seems to be a bit overengineered.
