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• recursive_recursion@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Maybe… don’t say shit on the internet that would embarrass you if associated with your real name?

  the problem arises from deobfuscation of identity through aggregation and correlation analysis of data

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  • AlexanderESmith@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨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?

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    • admin@lemmy.my-box.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨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.

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      • AlexanderESmith@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        @admin

        Imagine having private conversations in private.

        This data was apparently scraped from public channels.

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    • Jax@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      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.

      You fixated on one point while there are worse problems than just being ashamed of what you’ve said.

      Stop.

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• Jax@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t think people who struggle to read as much as you have any business talking about internet hygiene.

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