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Subject: Re: Anonymous accounts policy

Author: Michael Cummings

Date: 07:46:09 07/01/00

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On July 01, 2000 at 10:14:37, Mogens Larsen wrote:

>On July 01, 2000 at 10:01:12, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>Connected, but not the same thing.  Privacy law in the US dictates what can and
>>can not be released about private individuals.  But the "identity" of someone
>>is not part of the data that is protected.  The type of privacy that some seem
>>to want is the ability to put on a completely new face, and be able to go out in
>>public and do anything they want, from robbing a bank to shooting someone.  Then
>>by removing that phony face, they have no fear of facing the consequences of
>>their actions.
>>
>>I don't call that privacy.  I call it lunacy.
>
>I agree. What's so horrible about taking the consequences of what you say and
>do? I'm convinced that it builds character and improves your argumentational
>skills fighting for your convictions behind your own name. With a fake identity
>it's easy to run away and hide somewhere else, but it won't do you any good in
>the long run. Anonymity and privacy are not the same thing no matter what the
>context might be.
>
>Best wishes...
>Mogens

Yes thats fine about a name in regard to CCC. But then it is a matter of how
this information is gained in order to prove this, and how the people at the
other end then store and use this information.



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