| ▲ | HdS84 21 hours ago | |||||||||||||
I think it's necessary. Bots and trolls are already ruining online conversations. I envision a state run identity provider which provides a limited number of non-resolvable identires to you. E.g. you log in with your personal identification card, then the website knows you as <some guid>. Your identity can only be resolved on court, e.g. if you commit online fraud. | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | esperent 20 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||
> Bots and trolls are already ruining online conversations. Requiring everyone to give up their rights to online privacy is an incredibly drastic solution to this problem, and it's not clear that it would even work very well. | ||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | sertraline 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||
You must be mistaken, these bots and trolls are largely run by the very states that you trust to protect your communications. | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | rightbyte 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||
> Bots and trolls are already ruining online conversations. They have always been? | ||||||||||||||