Post #4074194
2026-07-16 10:07 UTC
@eighthave@social.librem.one I'm guessing there are different levels and maybe conflicting aspects?
Anonymity on the dev side versus a need to trust on the users', and then the need to trust may be more or less strong depending on what the software does?
(not an expert, just not happy about what Google is doing right now, and so musing as a way to not be hopeless)
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@eighthave@social.librem.one 2026-07-16 10:19
@jexner@tooting.ch Can the human be anonymous while the "dev" is public? Clearly, we want the apps we use to be maintained by entities that we can trust. Are given names required for that? I think clearly not. For example, non-profits. People trust #EFF as an entity, even without knowing who everyone works there is, and whether the staff changes. So the entity can be trusted separately from human participants. I think developers are similar. Many trusted FOSS contributors operate under pseudonyms