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   Chris to Mr. Man-wai Chang   
   Re: Anonymity and Free Speech on Usenet    
   07 Nov 25 15:46:06   
   
   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.2600   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Mr. Man-wai Chang  wrote:   
   > On 7/11/2025 12:26 am, Chris wrote:   
   > sm? Criminal activities? :)   
   >>   
   >> There are plenty of good reasons which are growing in the current global   
   >> climate of repression and targeting based on ideology and authoritarianism.   
   >> "Criminality" is a label used by some to pretend that anonymity is the   
   >> threat rather than a reaction to the real threat.   
   >>   
   >> It's perfectly possible to develop an anonymous identity without being   
   >> identifiable irl.   
   >   
   >   
   > I think the problem is not anonoymity, but locating you in physical   
   > reality. There is no need to stay anonymous if nobody can locate you.   
      
   That's the same thing in my book. For example, in crypto everyone has heard   
   of Satoshi Nakamoto yet no-one knows who they are. Or, the artist Banksy.   
   They are both anonymous.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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