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#+TITLE: Be Anonymous (review)
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#+Author: Yann Esposito
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#+Date: [2022-02-21]
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- tags :: [[id:2351f4cb-85a3-45ca-9bb5-f13a559afcfe][security]] [[id:db44b28a-7d7c-43e1-a77a-a84770a80f13][privacy]]
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- source :: https://kg.dev/thoughts/be-anonymous
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- hn :: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30408236
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I just read this blog post which is a classical take on anonymity, just
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with a slightly more modern take.
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And I like this related comment:
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#+begin_quote
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The article touches on a good point: one mistake and you're out.
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It doesn't even have to be your mistake - you didn't choose to put your SSN
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out there after all, yet here we are.
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This gave me a radical company idea, on the other end of the spectrum: spam
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as a service.
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Something that'll take your name, email, and other things and put it all
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over the internet in questionable and plausibly denial ways.
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That way, even when someone is trying to find things out about you, it'll
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be hard to find, and easy to deny.
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(I'm kidding of course).
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-- mindvirus ; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30408236
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#+end_quote
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In fact, the problem are just coming.
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Now that it will be easier and easier to be attacked by people all other
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the world it will be problematic in a few short years.
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And thus, this idea of making it almost impossible to really discover your
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real personal information will probably be the best way to protect ourselves.
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So how would someone implement that?
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1. gather all your public account/presence on the Internet.
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2. flood the Internet with slightly false information everywhere. Change
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your address slightly, your city, your birth date, your age, your sex,
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the color of your eyes, etc…
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3. flood the Internet with different world-view, like change your political
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stance, hmm....
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This doesn't look trivial at all.
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OK maybe the solution is to go the other way around.
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Create a company that will track people you see during interview with the
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potential following outcomes:
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1. not enough data (quite rare now)
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2. enough data ; comply to the spirit of your team
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3. not enough data ; does not comply to the spirit of your team
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This will be a cat & mouse game.
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It could be fun.
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Oh god, this exists:
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#+begin_quote
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https://redact.dev
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Delete your digital footprint.
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The only platform that allows you to automatically clean up your old posts
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from services like Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, Discord and more all in one
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place
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#+end_quote
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