[Clips] The "Other" Ester: Anonymity-- Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: clips@philodox.com Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 14:43:46 -0500 To: Philodox Clips List <clips@philodox.com> From: "R.A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com> Subject: [Clips] The "Other" Ester: Anonymity-- Here Today, Gone Tomorrow Reply-To: rah@philodox.com Sender: clips-bounces@philodox.com <http://www.release1-0.com/freshproduce/article.cfm?serialnum=FRP200511042301> Anonymity: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow Esther Dyson It's ironic that the Web once seemed to promise individuals new opportunities to explore the world without showing their face. Instead, it is turning out to be a powerful force against anonymity. Most information about people's online actions is traceable - if someone with resources cares to go to the trouble. But there will be much more to this trend than the familiar fear of governments spying on innocent victims, or even they-asked-for-it dissidents. The bigger questions revolve around the tolerance of societies for diversity and recognition of the human capacity for change. A free membership to Release 1.0 is required to view this item. Login below or register to join our community. User name: Password: -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' _______________________________________________ Clips mailing list Clips@philodox.com http://www.philodox.com/mailman/listinfo/clips --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
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Anonymity: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow Esther Dyson
It's ironic that the Web once seemed to promise individuals new opportunities to explore the world without showing their face. Instead, it is turning out to be a powerful force against anonymity. [[...]]
Am I the only one that finds it ironic that (a) this site wanted to set a cookie, and (b) it wants a registration to show me more than the first paragraph? No thanks -- my policy is not to view "free" stories that require registration. ciao, -- -- "Jonathan Thornburg -- remove -animal to reply" <jthorn@aei.mpg-zebra.de> Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut), Golm, Germany, "Old Europe" http://www.aei.mpg.de/~jthorn/home.html "Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral." -- quote by Freire / poster by Oxfam
At 11:58 AM +0100 11/8/05, Jonathan Thornburg wrote:
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Which was my point. :-) Cheers, RAH -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 11:58:22AM +0100, Jonathan Thornburg wrote:
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Anonymity: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow Esther Dyson
It's ironic that the Web once seemed to promise individuals new opportunities to explore the world without showing their face. Instead, it is turning out to be a powerful force against anonymity.
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Am I the only one that finds it ironic that (a) this site wanted to set a cookie, and (b) it wants a registration to show me more than the first paragraph?
No thanks -- my policy is not to view "free" stories that require registration.
As usual, bugmenot.com comes to the rescue. But, no, you weren't the only one. I *think* that may have been the point of the post, which included the login prompt text. -- Michael A. Gurski (opt. [first].)[last]@pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~[last] 1024R/39B5BADD PGP: 34 93 A9 94 B1 59 48 B7 17 57 1E 4E 62 56 45 70 1024D/1166213E GPG: 628F 37A4 62AF 1475 45DB AD81 ADC9 E606 1166 213E 4096R/C0B4F04B GPG: 5B3E 75D7 43CF CF34 4042 7788 1DCE B5EE C0B4 F04B Views expressed by the host do not reflect the staff, management or sponsors. Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. [Robert A. Heinlein, JOB: A Comedy of Justice] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]
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