Comment on Billions of public Discord messages may be sold through a scraping service
admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 2 months agoWho would /buy/ this?
Have you heard of any companies in the past few years who are trying to mimic human speech? They need lots of example data to do that.
And what would they do with the knowledge that Fartknocker72 posted sonic slash fanfics?
While knowing that 1 ammonium person likes something is mostly irrelevant, once you link it to an email or real name (just wait for the next data beach), criminals could use that kinda data for blackmail.
Furthermore, companies like Facebook and Google mostly make their money by linking people’s behaviour to their interests. They probably won’t be caught with their hand in this cookie jar, but it should show you how valuable this data (in massive quantities) is.
AlexanderESmith@kbin.social 2 months ago
Maybe... don't say shit on the internet that would embarrass you if associated with your real name?
recursive_recursion@programming.dev 2 months ago
the problem arises from deobfuscation of identity through aggregation and correlation analysis of data
AlexanderESmith@kbin.social 2 months ago
I understand the vector, I'm just saying that maybe if people had conducted themselves responsibly, this wouldn't be an issue.
Hiding behind a moniker to do things you would normally be shunned is bad for everyone. It allows trolls to thrive, reduces or removes the impetus for broader social change/evolution (offline, that is), and fosters echo chambers full of people who have zero responsibility to regulate what they say for the sake of sanity (because fuck it, who's gonna call them on their bullshit, right? And even if someone does, "they're" not being judged, "their profile" is, so they can separate themselves from any criticism without doing any self-reflecting).
If you want to post something (text, art, etc) and you have to stop and think about your reputation, that's a good thing. It means you should either not do something stupid, or you should stand behind your actions, and give support to others to do/say that thing.
The other option is to post behind a fake name knowing that there are no consequences, and just call it a day (which is why the opinion of the average post is so easily dismissed at "some random person on the Internet").
And if you really do need anonymity (because the thing your discussing is super difficult or dangerous for you)... maybe don't fucking have that conversation in a public discord channel?
admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 2 months ago
Imagine people wanting to discuss their sex life or fetishes without having to worry what their boss or neighbour would think of it.
Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
You fixated on one point while there are worse problems than just being ashamed of what you’ve said.
Stop.
Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I don’t think people who struggle to read as much as you have any business talking about internet hygiene.