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Re:I conceal my identity the same way Aaron was indicted for by ynniv on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @12:32PM (#5067893)
It is not an actual means of identifying an individual and it is part of ensuring a reasonable amount of privacy for the user.

Technically. Yes, I think that anyone who understands the technology agrees with this. The problem is that the courts are enforcing it as if it were the digital equivalent of a photo id, and this is not a small problem.

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Re:I conceal my identity the same way Aaron was indicted for by Falling3 on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @01:41PM (#5068301)
Well yes we all know legislators and the judicial system do a horrific job of understanding these fundamental differences between the real world and the computer world.

What really worries me is when someone on HN talks the same way.

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