Timjan
@timjan@social.linux.pizza
* (HW) Electronics Engineer, * (Cranky) Linux luser: mostly due to the tools available and unfettered habit ** Breaks unbreakable(?) software weekly * Cyclist when possible: tries to keep up with wife about local transportation policy; * Bakes my own bread (inexpertly) and grows some of my own veggies. * Beat deaf? * No sports Alt accounts don't talk about the same stuff, or in the same language. California. Photo: dandelions breaking through pavement. Background: pine trees against blue sky.
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#question about the whole "#identify yourself in order to Internet"...
Let's say that someone is known under a nickname, let's say Billy, and hasn't officially changed their name from William (because nobody but an angry Mum, and the IRS, uses that form of the name anyways).
Let's say that a website suddenly demands that Billy proves who he is, so he cusses under his breath and uploads a government issued ID.
"Denied". Well, the uploaded ID did say "William" and the account claims to be called "Billy" and how is the entity tasked with checking IDs be able to know that William and Billy be the same person rather than brothers...
Okay, less of a question and more of a rant, and an admittance that I hadn't even thought of this problem until I saw it in action last night.
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