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Comment by squigz

4 hours ago

You don't need to be a targeted group for anonymity to be important, nor do you need a "valid" reason to be anonymous on the Internet. I have yet to hear a compelling reason otherwise.

People like to say, "Well you're not anonymous IRL" and ... well, yes, we are. We are not forced to say, "My name is X and I live at Y" when we stay stuff in public

>We are not forced to say, "My name is X and I live at Y" when we stay stuff in public

I mean these days you can pretty much be immediately identified by facial recognition. Not saying it's a good thing, but it is the world in which we live.

If you're mad at one, then be mad that the other because this is what technology enables.

  • Don't worry, I'm not exactly thrilled about that either, but that's beside the point.