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UK Propose Registering Screen Names with Police

Posted by samzenpus on from the in-england-you-only-get-one-online-name dept.

Oxygen99 writes "In a series of kneejerk suggestions following this online rape plot, the UK Home Secretary, Dr John Reid has suggested that offenders on the Sex Offenders Register should register their online identities with the police. According to a home office spokesman this means that offenders, 'online identities would be treated in exactly the same way as their real name'. So, just how misguided is this and who's going to be the first to tell him?"

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  1. I wonder.. by works · · Score: 4, Funny

    What kind of spam you will get after registering.

  2. oh no no no by physicsboy500 · · Score: 5, Funny

    my name is M0lester... not MOlester

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  3. BAM ON THE GROUND NOW! by the_skywise · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh... sorry... we were looking for 1HotLuv99874... We didn't realize you were 1HotLuv9874. Our bad...

    Yeah.. uh... just contact city services to fix the door for you...

  4. Your post is nonsense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think the House of Lords should be replaced by the editorial board of the Sun, and the House of Commons should be replaced by the editorial board of the Mirror.

  5. Absolute BS by LParks · · Score: 2, Funny

    What's next? I'll have to register at the laundromat when I go to get the blood out of my clown suit?

  6. Bad news for Disney by giafly · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you use a fictitious screen name in a way related to a crime, then some extra penalty gets added in, no questions asked, no appeal.
    Because Micky Mouse would get serious jail time for tax fraud.
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  7. I am scared by Lance_Denmark · · Score: 2, Funny

    I fear this is the end of my "SexualPredator1973" screen name...