Anonymity

Re: Anonymity

eggy — 2007-05-20 09:59:32+0200

Re: Anonymity

echarp — 2007-04-23 14:47:11+0200

On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 11:27:00AM +0200, JackWilliamBell wrote:

> I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this subject. At this point I am > convinced that true anonymity is impossible on the Internet; but effective > anonymity is possible.

I’m of the same opinion.

Re: Anonymity

JackWilliamBell — 2007-04-22 11:27:00+0200

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this subject. At this point I am convinced that true anonymity is impossible on the Internet; but effective anonymity is possible. (This has to do with the relative resources and knowledge levels of those trying to track down the identity of a person as opposed to the relative resources and knowledge levels of the person trying to avoid being outed. Obviously governments and large institutions have greater resources and knowledge levels than most individuals.)

More importantly, I think we need to have a reasonably secure way to create anonymous identities: ie identities which a person may use in forums, but only that person can use and which cannot easily be traced back to that person. That way people could speak freely about politics or expose corruption without anyone else being able to pose as them and muddy the message.

Re: Anonymity

JackWilliamBell — 2007-04-22 11:18:35+0200

Re: Anonymity

echarp — 2006-10-05 10:58:10+0200