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by dcow 1836 days ago
A fully anonymous society is also a pipe dream. It doesn't work.

You already provide your name and phone number and email to Twitter. You already identify yourself. We're talking about making that exchange more reliable and more secure...

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I haven't called for a fully anonymous society. I said realistically we cannot force people to identify themselves across the world. And, once there is a breach of identities, we will be back to where we are now where we can't reliably sort out who's who. It is a pointless exercise that potentially enables authoritarian regimes to silence dissent indefinitely. No thanks.