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by walterbell 2193 days ago
How about the term "unauthenticated", which is well understood for HTTP requests?
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perenzo 2193 days ago
Well, IMO the definition of the word "anonymous" still fits how personal information is handled in Briefing: "Anonymity describes situations where the acting person's name is unknown" [1] And this is true regarding the Briefing service.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymity

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inanutshellus 2193 days ago
Heh, well you cherry-picked there. It goes on to say ". The important idea here is that a person be non-identifiable, unreachable, or untrackable."

Regardless, it's Wikipedia, that definition ought to be fixed to say "identity" rather than "name".

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walterbell 2193 days ago
For online transactions, "name" has been generalized to PII (Personally Identifiable Information) from which name can often be derived.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_data

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asjw 2193 days ago
An anonymous user is precisely the one who hasn't provided authentication credentials

> Anonymous User is any user who accesses network resources without providing a username or password.

Se anonymous is correct in this context

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