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Re:Big Brotheresque App Kills Your Automotive Anonymity by joezydeco on Thursday December 16, 2010 @02:48PM (#2013330)
What's to keep 4chan from wrecking your insurance record if they decide they don't like you?
Re:Big Brotheresque App Kills Your Automotive Anonymity by msluyter on Thursday December 16, 2010 @02:54PM (#2013347)
Ah, that's an interesting point. And not just 4chan. Imagine if someone posts your license # along with some rant about how you were a jerk to Reddit or Digg. Let the mass flagging begin! This already happens with polls, or yelp or whatnot. Even if you were in the wrong, you could get punished way out of proportion.
Re:Big Brotheresque App Kills Your Automotive Anonymity by jamesaguilar on Thursday December 16, 2010 @03:22PM (#2013478)
I think there is already nothing to prevent that. A single 4chan insider -- every insurance company probably has at least one -- could wreck your rates. They could probably also figure out how to send forged police reports to the insurance companies if they wished.
Re:Big Brotheresque App Kills Your Automotive Anonymity by RK on Thursday December 16, 2010 @03:12PM (#2013432)
I guarantee you they have some code like

if licence == Philip_Inghelbrecht: pass

Re:Big Brotheresque App Kills Your Automotive Anonymity by gloob on Thursday December 16, 2010 @02:51PM (#2013334)
Basic human decency, covered with an icing of crossed fingers?
Re:Big Brotheresque App Kills Your Automotive Anonymity by iamdave on Thursday December 16, 2010 @03:13PM (#2013435)
Read his post again, and pay close attention to the part that says 4chan
Re:Big Brotheresque App Kills Your Automotive Anonymity by joezydeco on Thursday December 16, 2010 @04:13PM (#2013716)
Ding!