explain risk of credentials use for real names policies and potential harms #17
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… harms added references as inline bulleted list fixes #13
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Mar 10, 2025
| @@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ There is a real danger of a papers-please web, where anonymous or pseudonymous u | |||
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| While usage of some government and financial services cannot always be expected to be done anonymously, there are many tasks online for which anonymity is valuable, such as consuming journalism or political organizing. As browsers improve privacy protections, it's becoming more commercially valuable for ad networks to have access to reliable identities. Normalizing the use of RWIs in online activities could lead to increased tracking and potentially marginalization of those who wish to remain anonymous online by denying them access to such services. | |||
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| Access to government-issued credentials may encourage sites that wish to enforce "real name" policies, with an intent to improve civility or respectful behavior out of an expectation that having a government-issued name will lead to better behavior. The web's experience with "nymwars" has revealed that real name policies may not have those intended effects; introduce harms to a wide range of people, especially those who are vulnerable in some way; and create a change in power that is counter to privacy, autonomy and control over appropriately presenting identity information. | |||
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| Access to government-issued credentials may encourage sites that wish to enforce "real name" policies, with an intent to improve civility or respectful behavior out of an expectation that having a government-issued name will lead to better behavior. The web's experience with "nymwars" has revealed that real name policies may not have those intended effects; introduce harms to a wide range of people, especially those who are vulnerable in some way; and create a change in power that is counter to privacy, autonomy and control over appropriately presenting identity information. | |
| Access to government-issued credentials may encourage sites that wish to enforce "real name" policies, with an intent to improve civility or respectful behavior out of an expectation that having a government-issued name will lead to better behavior. The web's experience with "nymwars" has revealed that real name policies may not have those intended effects; introduce harms to a wide range of people, especially those who are vulnerable in some way; and create a change in power that is counter to privacy, autonomy and control over appropriately presenting identity information. |
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added references as inline bulleted list
fixes #13