Online anonymity
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But what's to stop authentic information and opinion from being drowned out by the background noise of the internet, or trolls from hounding away knowledgeable sources?
Why Anonymity Matters
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People Using Pseudonyms Leave Better Blog Comments [STUDY]
People who use pseudonyms - as opposed to remaining anonymous or using their real identity - are more likely to leave high-quality comments on blogs and other Web sites, according to data released by Disqus. In addition to leaving more comments, people using pseudonyms are more likely to leave comments that get "likes" from other readers, according to Disqus, which operates blog commenting platforms for about one million Web sites, including ReadWriteWeb. Sponsor
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Who was that masked man? Court protects anonymity of Internet users : Canadian Technology & IP Law
“For Those Who Don’t Want To Believe” | TechCrunch
I feel uncomfortably like a prophet. In January , and again last week , I wrote about the prospect of UAVs used as weapons by terrorists; yesterday a man was arrested who “planned to attack the Pentagon using ‘small drone airplanes’ filled with explosives and guided by GPS.”
Why FB & G Concept of 'Real N
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Randi Zuckerberg
"Million" Persona March on Google
Diversity and Google+: Why it Matters
You can’t hide—from anybody
Not quite lost in the madding crowd IF YOUR face and name are anywhere on the web, you may be recognised whenever you walk the streets—not just by cops but by any geek with a computer.
Face recognition: Anonymous no more | The Economist
There are myriad reasons why individuals may wish to use a name other than the one they were born with.
A Case for Pseudonyms | Electronic Frontier Foundation
There are myriad reasons why individuals may wish to use a name other than the one they were born with.
Jillian C. York » A Case for Pseudonyms
Posted by Alma Whitten, Director of Privacy, Product and Engineering Peter Steiner’s iconic “on the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog” cartoon may have been drawn in jest--but his point was deadly serious, as recent events in the Middle East and North Africa have shown. In reality, as the web has developed--with users anywhere able to post a blog, share photos with friends and family or “broadcast” events they witness online--the issue of identity has become increasingly important.
The freedom to be who you want to be…
Why Google cares
Zuckerberg: Anonymity Online
Failure of Anonymization
Paul Ohm presentation anonymisation
Against anonymity
Blog Update (July 26, 2011): Real Names, Guilt, Self-Censorship, and the Identity War A few days ago in Google+'s "Identity" Controversy: No Easy Answers , I briefly discussed why identity issues -- especially related to Google's excellent new Google+ product, but by no means restricted to Google -- are so complex. I also explained various aspects of Google's policies regarding identity issues associated with Google+ and Google Profiles as I understand them, based on my recent conversation with Google representatives on this topic.
Lauren Weinstein's Blog: Google+, Privacy, and Balancing Identity
Updated: As Google rolls out its Google+ social network, it is struggling with the same questions about identity that have caused problems for Facebook in the past: namely, how much should it force people to use their “real” names? The web giant has been disabling user accounts on Google+ for a variety of reasons over the past few weeks, but it has caused an outcry from many who feel it is being too strict in some cases and not enough in others. The big issue at the root of this battle, as we have pointed out before, is that in many cases anonymity (and pseudonymity) has real value.
Google+ and the loss of online anonymity | Reuters
Bitcoin is not inherently anonymous. It may be possible to conduct transactions is such a way so as to obscure your identity, but, in many cases, users and their transactions can be identified. We have performed an analysis of anonymity in the Bitcoin system and published our results in a preprint on arXiv .
Bitcoin is not Anonymous
Dear + Marcin Ciszewicz I wish you hadn't broken your resolution. I realize you insistently want to redefine the definition of fascism, you want to misconstrue the definition of fascism regarding my application of the word to Google's user name policy, but I will not allow your mistakes to go unchallenged even though it is extremely wearying replying to your false allegations.
Robert Scoble - Google+
Over the past few weeks, much of the world's attention was captured by the story of supposed Syrian blogger Amina Arraf, also known as "Gay Girl in Damascus". From reports on June 6 of Arraf's alleged kidnapping by Syrian security forces to the June 12 confession from American Tom MacMaster that he had fabricated Arraf's entire persona, the story unfolded rapidly, leaving the public confused in its wake.
Despite hoaxes, anonymity remains important - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
Luke Allnutt has a thoughtful piece on RFE/RL asking the above question: Would anonymity help activists on Facebook?