[LINK] Crypto parties to protect against govt intrusions

[Roger Clarke]

On 26 September 2012 11:09, Roger Clarke wrote:
>So I know the identity / persona, and that's actually all I need to know.

At 12:57 +1000 26/9/12, Jim Birch wrote:
>  ... [stuff about collectivism being (mathematically) wonderful] ...
...
>  ... people with real identities ...

I wonder what that means.

>  ...  [Trust] is (I guess) why Google+ requires real names even when 
>they aren't displayed: someone, somewhere knows who you are, and, 
>why eBay promotes its reputation mechanism so actively.

Trust has got zilch to do with it.  Google's concern is to own eyes, 
and a key aspect of that is to limit each individual to one identity 
and thereby consolidate all data about them in one place.


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