Real life needs full anonymity too. Not everywhere, but it's critical to have some.

For instance a political vote needs to be anonymous. Access to public space typically is (you're not required to identify to walk the street) even if that anonymity can be lifted etc.

Real life is complex, and for good reasons, if we want to take it as a model we should integrate it's full complexity as well.

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hbarka 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

In the United States, political votes are not anonymous. There is a database of how someone voted.

If you’re out in public, you’re also not fully anonymous. You display metadata such as race, gender, age, behavior. Now you could wear a ski mask during broad daylight but I doubt if you’d be allowed inside a bank. And the bank has a right to judge you for that.

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makeitdouble 2 days ago | parent [-]

> There is a database of how someone voted.

That cannot be right, that's the fundamental core of the voting process in our democracies. You might be thinking about the party registrations or voluntary polls ?

> You display metadata

What you show to the world has no requirement to be accurate. If you look like a rich 70 old Asian lady when going to the park there will be no check that's actually what you are (unless the police comes at you for an identity check...). That's particularly impacting for gender, you're typically not required to represent your official assignment, and how you behave isn't stuck to your official identity.

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