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by znnajdla 52 days ago
> I don't see any biographical information listed in your profile so I'd initially assume that you value privacy on some degree.

Extremely powerful entities like the CIA or NSA could easily personally identify me from my HackerNews profile if they wanted to, as could a dedicated attacker. The problem with "privacy" on the internet right now is that it's a lie - you only have privacy from your peers and ordinary citizens, but not from powerful entities. It would be better if we had a level playing field and everyone could be identified by everyone. Then the normal evolved human behaviours of trust-based social networks could function properly, and we could also fight AI-bot-based social media control, scam, and fraud.

It's not "privacy" it's "information asymmetry" which I'm attacking.