The accountability issue is real and should be addressed, not evaded.
"Addressed", maybe, but that doesn't necessarily mean, "solved." For many decades, people have been able to walk up to a pay telephone at 3:00 AM and make a harassing phone call to somebody, a "problem" which still exists and no solution is being implemented for.
Yes! Exactly! Of course! Precisely the example that has come up in EFF's own statements on anonymity (which, in absence of a policy on the topic have been strictly factual, reporting both sides of the issue).
I think it's reasonable to come to the conclusion that there is no solution to the anonymity "problem" that isn't worse than the underlying anonymity.
That's a common view here, to say the least. And it's one with which I am in 100% agreement.
And, BTW, I don't consider a pro-anonymity position to be an extremist one.
We don't either, even those of us with questions and conundrums to think about. I do think its extremist to not be willing to even address the questions and conundrums, but we're in agrement on that, so not much to argue about, fortunately. -- <HTML><A HREF="http://www.eff.org/~mech/"> Stanton McCandlish </A><HR><A HREF="mailto:mech@eff.org"> mech@eff.org </A><P><A HREF="http://www.eff.org/"> Electronic Frontier Foundation </A><P> Online Activist </HTML>