Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:04:42 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 \ There are other problems. These "fakes" have been known to flood employers with nonsense. Happened to Peter H. here a couple of years ago. Often employers care less about who is right, and more about how much time it will take to respond to nonsense. If you know who it is, you can stop such nonsense with legal recourse. For anonymous noise-makers, you are simply stuck.
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