Why the open social web matters now

Re:Why the open social web matters now by isodev on Saturday October 18, 2025 @07:57PM (#45631207)

The EU’s eIDAS 2.0 specification for their digital wallet identity explicitly supports the use of pseudonyms for this exact purpose of “Anonymous authentication”.

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Re:Why the open social web matters now by Seattle3503 on Saturday October 18, 2025 @11:03PM (#45631812)

That's awesome. Hopefully the US can get something similar.

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Re:Why the open social web matters now by DrScientist on Monday October 20, 2025 @07:08AM (#45642573)

I tend to agree that linking content to real people is a key mechanism that will help fight spam, hidden ads and influencing campaigns.

However, if everything is linked to your ID - those that control that will be able to cancel you all at once. A bit like the consequences of being de-banked in an cash-less society.

So if you bring in laws that require digital ID"s they have to be implemented with a very robust set of safeguards in my view.

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