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Non-anonymity reduces crime?Non-anonymity reduces crime?Posted Dec 1, 2003 16:07 UTC (Mon) by NAR (subscriber, #1313)Parent article: Fighting the worms of mass destruction (Economist) I don't know what's the situation in the US, but in my country there are cases when companies with huge debts are sold to people who never even visited the country, but their passports had been stolen and copied... So I don't think eliminating anonymity would help - the bad guys will find ways to avoid leaving traces :-(
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Non-anonymity reduces crime? Posted Dec 1, 2003 16:19 UTC (Mon) by maotig (guest, #9614) [Link] Non-anonymity reduces crime by honest people, not real criminals. Its like locks. Locks don't stop people from breaking in to homes or stealing cars, it only keeps honest people honest. You can buy slimjims, lock pick sets, etc, and make short work of most common locks.In general though, the internet's, true strength is in psudo-anonymity. As a communication medium, open an honest debate is most often encuraged when percicution does not hang overhead. Of course this allows for a lot of trolls and flaimbaiters, but a bit of inconvinence is well worth it when compared with the true freedom of speech and expression that the internet can provide.
Non-anonymity reduces crime? Posted Dec 1, 2003 18:32 UTC (Mon) by mmarq (guest, #2332) [Link] "... true freedom of speech and expression that the internet can provide" But isnt that what "THEY" wanted to avoid !!??... "THEY" are affraid of the Truth... http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jpdesm/pentagon/investigation77.htm ... the point is you can't enforce your reallity upon others incovenient reallitys!
Non-anonymity reduces crime? Posted Dec 5, 2003 17:33 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link] Locks don't stop people from breaking in to homes or stealing cars, it only keeps honest people honest If your definition of "honest" is not succeeding at crime, and a criminal is someone who isn't honest, then by definition, locks don't stop criminals. And neither does non-anonymity. But that's a useless definition of "honest." locks and non-anonymity stop the vast majority of would-be crimes. Only the best, most motivated criminals can defeat them.
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