Online anonymity is similar to paying cash instead of using a credit card - which is still prefectly legal I hope. Its also legal to wear a disguise. Why do corporations and governments get so upset at the online equivalent? I say online privacy and anonymity are two sides of the same coin. Seagrams et al are just afraid they may not get the adverising bonanza they had hoped for by using personal data. As long as privacy is still a right then anonymity should be as well.
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The patent was filed in 1980 so it should expired as I understand it.
Online anonymity is similar to paying cash instead of using a credit card - which is still prefectly legal I hope. Its also legal to wear a disguise. Why do corporations and governments get so upset at the online equivalent?
I say online privacy and anonymity are two sides of the same coin. Seagrams et al are just afraid they may not get the adverising bonanza they had hoped for by using personal data.
As long as privacy is still a right then anonymity should be as well.