Korea Fighting Pseudonyms on the 'Net

ThreeDayMonk writes "According to the Chosun Ilbo, Korean net firms, pushed by the government, are moving to require message board users to use their real names: 'The current regulation that requires those who post messages on government and public organizations' web sites to use their real names is likely to be expanded soon to private portal sites.' The Japanese version of the page has more information. Apparently, citizen ID numbers will be used to verify identity."

Comments

NO!

[mrpuffypants]

But Mr. Puffy Pants IS my real name!

Re:NO!

[jstroebele]

Mr. Puffy Pants is the biggest faggot on the face of the earth

But

[Timesprout]

My real name is Anonymous Coward. What does this mean for me ??

Re:But

[kaamos]

I feel sorry if this ever gets to slashdot. Some people would not post their true opinion by fear of being branded a troll of a flamebait. I never want to see that on my passport card :

Name : Anonym Us Corherd
Karma : horrible
Last post : -1, troll
Airport clerk : Sir, we do not accept trolls in out airplanes, we do not like them slobbering up our seats. Please use another agency

Re:But

[evilviper]

That means you would best disgrace your mother and father ("Yellow-Bellied" and "Selfish" respectively) and change your name.

People don't use their real names?

[ambisinistral]

You mean to say Mr. Goatse is hiding behind an alias? I find that hard to believe.

You want my name?

[PetWolverine]

So? I don't mind giving my name out on the Internet. There aren't a whole lot of Abe Thurtells out there, so my name is a unique identifier, but I don't care. There's nothing very dangerous about giving it to people.

My address and phone number I keep a little more guarded, but the one thing I really don't post publicly, anywhere, is my e-mail address. Just let me keep that to myself, and I'm happy.

Well, that and obvious things like my social security number and various bank account numbers and personal identification numbers.

Re:You want my name?

[Rolo Tomasi]

Umm, OK.

Re:You want my name?

[Anonymous Coward]

Haha, nice.

For the sake of completion, here are two photos: Photo 1 Photo 2

FFS, this guy looks like Harry Freakin Potter!

Coincidence of what?

[porky_pig_jr]

1. On Internet noone knows you are a dog.
2. Koreans like dog meat.

Make your own conclusion.

Re:Citizen ID Numbers

[C_nemo]

I dont know about you, but im going to see 'The Last Starfighter' in the theaters then...

you know

[SweetAndSourJesus]

slashdot yro pages should just say "yes, just like 1984" across the top in giant letters so that people like you don't have to point it out.

Ironically this was posted by an AC

[eberry]

Ironically this was posted by an AC.

omg too good to be true

[Flunitrazepam]

they should be forced to have a real picture of themselves too so i wont ever be tricked into cybering with a horny old pervert... again

Re:omg too good to be true

[kingkade]

you know you enjoyed it as much as i did, sweetheart. so.....what are you wearing?

No wonder, especially in Korea...

[yanestra]

I mean, in a country where 17% of all people are named Kim, you would have to add date and place of birth to make it a unique ID.

And, after all, a number like 526590 is much easier to remember...

Re:what we have here is a failure to authenticate

[RestiffBard]

whoa there cowboy, this liberal thinks the idea is downright horrifying.

Korea's Stance: Pseudonyms No, Spam Yes

[Nova Express]

So, it's not OK to appear under a pseudonym on electrinic bulletin board, but it's just fine and dandy to let kornet.net continue as the world's number one source of spam, eh?

Maybe we should pull all of our troops out of South Korea...

Oh, by the way, here's a list of e-mail contacts for the Korean spammers who made it impossible for me to use my last e-mail address. Have at them, harvestbots!

abuse@kornet.net, ip@ns.kornet.net, ip@ns.kornet21.net, domain@NS.KORNET.NET, donghk@soback.kornet.net, ever@kt.co.kr, jeonnam3@soback.kornet.net, jeon@kornet.net, jeonbuk3@kornet.net, koreatelecom@KORNET.NET, gfd5246@soback.kornet.net, gspark@kornet.net, help@KORNET.NET, helpdesk@KORNET.NET, haewha1@soback.kornet.net, heyeunmi@kornet.net, kmhno1@soback.kornet.net, hopewon3@soback.kornet.net, kgromc@soback.kornet21.net, kmhno1@soback.kornet.net, legal@KORNET.NET, network@kornet.net, packet@soback.kornet.net, postmaster@kornet.net, postmaster@soback.kornet.net, postmaster@ns.kornet.net, postmaster@soback.kornet.net, pusanpub@soback.kornet.net, root@soback.kornet.net, root@kt.co.kr, service@kornet.net, support@kornet.net, system@kornet.net, yjjeon61@kornet.net, abuse@ns.kornet21.net, domain@ns.kornet21.net, network@ns.kornet21.net, postmaster@ns.kornet21.net, resume@kornet.net, root@ns.kornet21.net, service@ns.kornet21.net, support@ns.kornet21.net, system@ns.kornet21.net, wong@kornet.net, abuse@ASADAL.NET, postmaster@ASADAL.NET, manager@cais.kaist.ac.kr, abuse@hanmir.com, postmaster@hanmir.com, webmaster@hanmir.com, msweet@kt.co.kr, abuse@itnsoft.com, help@itnsoft.com, ip@ns.kornet.net, hostmaster@nic.or.kr, marom@itnsoft.com, postmaster@itnsoft.com, root@itnsoft.com, eglee@yesnic.com, info@yesnic.com, hostmaster@yesnic.com, postmaster@yesnic.com, eglee@whois.co.kr, postmaster@whois.co.kr, whois@whois.co.kr, brkim@INWANG.NOWCOM.CO.KR, domain@NOWNURI.NET, busisik@nownuri.net, kbr@nownuri.net, memory@nownuri.net, abuse@nownuri.net, postmaster@nownuri.net, abuse@dreamx.net, abuse@cjdream.net, abuse@todream.net, admin@dreamx.net, admin@cjdream.net, administration@dreamx.net, administration@cjdream.net, billing@DREAMX.NET, billing@cjdream.net, brkim@cjdream.com, dns@dreamx.net, dns@cjdream.net, dnsadmin@dreamx.net, dnsadmin@cjdream.net, domain@DREAMX.NET, domain@todream.net, domains@DREAMX.NET, domain@todream.net, feedback@DREAMX.NET, feedback@cjdream.net, help@DREAMX.NET, help@cjdream.net, helpdesk@DREAMX.NET, helpdesk@cjdream.net, hostmaster@dreamx.net, hostmaster@cjdream.net, inhanna@cjdream.net, info@dreamx.net, info@cjdream.net, jyan@dreamx.net, jyan@cjdream.net, ley319@dreamx.net, loveabuse@dreamx.net, loveabuse@cjdream.net, mail@dreamx.net, mail@cjdream.net, mgr@cjdream.com, news@dreamx.net, news@cjdream.net, newsabuse@dreamx.net, newsabuse@cjdream.net, postmaster@dreamx.net, postmaster@todream.net, raven3@dreamx.net, raven3@empal.com, root@dreamx.net, root@cjdream.net, soip@cjdream.com, sales@dreamx.net, sales@cjdream.net, sbkim091@dreamx.net, sbkim091@cjdream.net, service@DREAMX.NET, service@cjdream.net, solhan@cjdream.net, spam@DREAMX.NET, spam@cjdream.net, support@cjdream.net, support@dreamx.net, sysop@DREAMX.NET, sysop@cjdream.net, sysop@todream.net, tech@dreamx.net, tech@cjdream.net, technical@dreamx.net, technical@cjdream.net, technicalsupport@dreamx.net, technicalsupport@cjdream.net, system@cjdream.net, system@dreamx.net, sysop@todream.net, ykshin@cjdream.net, ykshin@dreamx.net, eglee@yesnic.com, info@yesnic.com, hostmaster@yesnic.com, eglee@whois.co.kr, brkim@INWANG.NOWCOM.CO.KR, domain@NOWNURI.NET, kbr@nownuri.net, memory@nownuri.net, busisik@nownuri.net, abuse@nownuri.net, postmaster@nownuri.net, inhanna@sysone.co.kr, abuse@thrunet.com, abuse@korea.com, admin@thrunet.com, admin@korea.com, administration@thrunet.com, dns@thrunet.com, dns@korea.com, dnsadmin@thrunet.com, domain@thrunet.com, feedback@thrunet.com, feedback@korea.com, help@thrunet.com, helpdesk@thrunet.com, hostmaster@thrunet.com, mail@thrunet.com, mail@korea.com, news@thrunet.com, news@korea.com, newsabuse@thrunet.com, postmaster@

Re:My prediction...

[oogoliegoogolie]

If you want a sheeplike country, look towards Canada (of which I am a citizen). The government can do *anything* and Canadians will sit back and say "Well, what can we do? Raise taxes? Okay. Add the GST? Okay. What can we do?"

Oh I agree with you. I am a citizen of canada and as much as I hate the naivity, moral superiority, and complacency of Canadians, there is a good reason why it is so; it is called winter, which unless you are in BC we all get 8 months of it! Who the hell wants to protest outside from October to May? And when the four months of summer comes, most people would rather be at the beach, gardening, hiking, golfing, and doing summer stuff than picketing and yelling 'down with this, down with that".

Canada has the higest number of golfers per capita of any nation, so I guess we know were our priorities are.

This is a good thing

[tmark]

Maybe the Korean government is going to look for people who are making way too many posts and make sure they're not about to die from sitting at their terminal for 8 hours in some Seoul baang.

Redundant example

[Jade E. 2]

So they post something that some nutcase doesn't like, then the nutcase hunts that person down and whacks them.

Or people want to speak out against the government.

I hate to point it out, but you seem to have used the same example twice.

Mr Park Mr Kim Mr Papasan Ms Mamasan

[Anonymous Coward]

Mr Park Mr Kim Mr Papasan Ms Mamasan. Did I forget any names? That's all I think there is in Korea.

Re:Hmmm

[Yotsuya]

Yeah, I mean, if it's not happening in America, it can't be important, right?

Re:The Matrix Reloaded.

[sTavvy]

they are actually going to redub it with his Citizen ID, so instead of Neo or Mr. Anderson, it will be 31337, or something.