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Discussion => Philosophy, Economics and Justice => Topic started by: joywind on June 23, 2013, 08:49 pm

Title: Enemies of Anonyminity
Post by: joywind on June 23, 2013, 08:49 pm
the anonymity which characterised the web for a long time is obviously bothering certain people a lot.

I notice a lot of progressive leftist types are promoting the notion that if you are posting anything online, you should use your real name - "what do you have to hide?"

Google wants to herd people into their Google+ matrix.  It's a constant push to get people to be more managable and captive on the web

The Xbox One was launched with a lot of restrictions and attempts to impose spy tech but the public told them to stuff it and they back down for now.

How about how they ask if you recognize people from photos? Creepy

The problem is all sorts of software and hardware will be developed either by governments or nosy marketers and they'll swap techniques, data and tools back and forth till they know as much as they possibly can about us personally and as groups.

Title: Re: Enemies of Anonyminity
Post by: SealTeam6 on June 23, 2013, 11:16 pm
The real problem is, that we have made the world a place where it is necessary to have to hide from other people!
Title: Re: Enemies of Anonyminity
Post by: joywind on June 24, 2013, 12:55 am
The real problem is, that we have made the world a place where it is necessary to have to hide from other people!
Technology in general is to blame for this, the internet in particular.
Title: Re: Enemies of Anonyminity
Post by: SealTeam6 on June 24, 2013, 06:12 am
The real problem is, that we have made the world a place where it is necessary to have to hide from other people!
Technology in general is to blame for this, the internet in particular.

It's a tool that facilitates the problem, not the problem itself.

The problem IMO is the use of power and control, or rather the misuse of power and control by institutions everywhere.

When we aspire to control others, it has negative effects on how we interact as a species.
Title: Re: Enemies of Anonyminity
Post by: joywind on June 24, 2013, 06:55 am
It's a tool that facilitates the problem, not the problem itself.
Technology is a system, not a tool. It develops and transforms society according to its own law, independent of the human historical process. It is autonomous. It is not "used" by humans. Individual technological objects are used by humans -- not the technological system itself. The system acts upon humans, not the other way around.

The problem IMO is the use of power and control, or rather the misuse of power and control by institutions everywhere.
Technology is its own power, independent of human power and control.