Hmm, I trust the government because I don’t have a choice

It's my understanding that the Arab spring was partially possible because of social media like Twitter which allowed organized protests against the government.

Another huge problem with real names is internet creeps doxxing women. If teens go to extraordinary effort to uncover the real names of people like Boxxy, then there would be a huge increase in online stalking if getting a real name was trivial.

As to Jerry watching your instance, a volunteer doing Lemmy as a hobby means there would likely be huge security lapses as time goes on and Jerry can't keep up with maintenance because of work/family obligations.

If you think real names are useful, then you could post your name and address right now instead of using a handle. It would be the start of a real name movement that is opt in instead of forced.

(The reason for name and address is to identify the unique John Smith from the other John Smith's. Otherwise people with common names keep their anonymity and people with unusual names are identified. )

The irony of having an account on infosec.pub and not understanding even basic needs for personal infosec.

Did you ever know a world without smartphones in your adult life?

"I trust the government"

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I'd rather someone explain why they don't like something then just down vote it. Seems lazy? I usually only down vote low effort or trash talk.