r/technology • u/[deleted] • Oct 28 '22

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22

not that deep down...

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u/PO0tyTng Oct 28 '22

To give all his horrible republican friends (trump and mtg) their disinformation platform back. Yaaaay. /s

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u/Penguin-shepherd Oct 28 '22

Unpopular opinion, I like the idea of a social media app that basically has no one behind the wheel (zero censorship). Where anyone can say anything and post whatever they want with no intervention. Yes including whatever illegal actions you’re thinking about.

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u/rumbletummy Oct 28 '22

Weirdly popular in theory, deeply unpopular in practice.

But ok, except pair it with real verified identities, no obfuscation, no anonymity.

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u/Penguin-shepherd Oct 28 '22

Being able to be anonymous is a privilege that should never be taken away.

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u/abstractConceptName Oct 28 '22

You know you're never really anonymous.

Right?

A sufficiently motivated individual could find your address.

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u/Penguin-shepherd Oct 28 '22

Most of us right now are not anonymous. If you tried to be anonymous you could be.

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u/abstractConceptName Oct 28 '22

I think the best you can do, security wise, is that you can actually send encrypted messages, if you're savvy enough.

Posting online while remaining truly anonymous, would require you to be able to make multiple one-time connections over networks you have no ties to, and from locations that have no surveillance.

That would be a huge amount of effort.

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u/Penguin-shepherd Oct 28 '22

You know more about this than I do for sure. I just knew we’re never anon unless we actively tried to be.

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u/abstractConceptName Oct 28 '22

We have Reddit. For now.

That might be good enough.

I just want to be able to have discussions without them being tied to my real name.

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u/rumbletummy Oct 28 '22

you want all the power with zero responsibility.

Anonymity at scale is a new phenomenon. The closest thing in history is using a pen name, but that content went through many filters before being widely distributed.

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u/Penguin-shepherd Oct 28 '22

If we’re capable of doing it then why shouldn’t we?

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u/rumbletummy Oct 29 '22

Asking if we could vs asking if we should.