There is absolutely a growing concern over how easy it is to create entirely fake conversations, debates, outrage, recommendations and concerns online. We didn’t have these platforms 30 years ago. We need to all ask what we gained and what we lost with them, because they are causing real harm, and most of it is because anyone or anything can pretend to be something they are not. They have many benefits as well, I’ve learned many things about myself and life in general from people who probably wouldn’t have shared that information without anonymity.

I would think the modern day spook very much prefers how things currently are. Would the modern day authoritarian love an online ID system, yes, so we need to tread carefully.