"This guy can obviously - - Change user name - Change ISP - Change practically everything "net" which identifies him."
True. But it probably isn't long before people are issued internet licenses - something that positively IDs them over the net. We have driver's licenses. We have social security numbers. As problems similar to this become more common, it won't be long before they figure out a way bag 'n tag us all. Privacy, shmivacy. Anonymity is a double edged sword and generally people make a big stink when they get cut.
Can you imagine the driver's license point system being applied to the net?
Slashdot Mirror
"This guy can obviously -
- Change user name
- Change ISP
- Change practically everything "net" which identifies him."
True. But it probably isn't long before people are issued internet licenses - something that positively IDs them over the net. We have driver's licenses. We have social security numbers. As problems similar to this become more common, it won't be long before they figure out a way bag 'n tag us all. Privacy, shmivacy. Anonymity is a double edged sword and generally people make a big stink when they get cut.
Can you imagine the driver's license point system being applied to the net?
threatening email -2 points
operating computer while intoxicated -5 points
forwarding lame scams -6 points
Next stop: Mark of the Beast. (Okay, maybe not - just being pessimistic.)
Delusion Girl