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Re:Open Source Security Foundation by some_furry on Saturday March 27, 2021 @01:29PM (#26603854)
> which effectively calls for the end of open-source contributors staying pseudonymous

Among other things, attacking pseudonymity is an effective means for ensuring the exclusion of trans people, wherein they're forced to identify as their legal name (a.k.a. dead name).

Google needs to correct course on this if they're to be trusted at all.

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Re:Open Source Security Foundation by teddyh on Saturday March 27, 2021 @01:44PM (#26603963)
> Among other things, attacking pseudonymity is an effective means for ensuring the exclusion of trans people

Like you said, trans people are far from the only ones affected. Here is a more extensive list:

https://geekfeminism.wikia.org/wiki/Who_is_harmed_by_a_%22Re...

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Re:Open Source Security Foundation by some_furry on Saturday March 27, 2021 @06:34PM (#26606210)
I was very aware of how it hurt LGBT folks, but that link really punctuates how bad these ideas are for everyone else too.
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Re:Open Source Security Foundation by na85 on Saturday March 27, 2021 @10:43PM (#26607500)
In most first world countries I'm fairly certain one can change their legal name.
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