Re: New bounty system for hackers

From: Alun Jones [MS MVP] (alun_at_texis.com)
Date: 11/06/03 

Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 13:37:22 GMT

In article <TRjqb.86598$275.253989@attbi_s53>, "Vanguard" <no-email@post-reply-in-newsgroup.nix> wrote:
>Doesn't matter about the OS. It matters that the Internet is still an
>anonymous environment where scum can cause harm. Of course, how many
>would discontinue using the Internet without that pseudo anonymity? If
>everyone could be *easily* tracked to the person originating the attack,
>virus, hack, spam, e-mail, web site connection, all transactions, etc.,
>then you get folks screaming about [potential] privacy invasion.
>Cockroaches don't like bright light.

There are other reasons for anonymity, that don't involve malicious abuse.

Consider, for instance, the alt.support hierarchy in Usenet - and
particularly those that deal with people suffering abuse from their parents
or their partners. How many of these would gladly post openly their
concerns? Then there's the whistleblowers, pointing out things that would
cost them their job, but which may save taxpayers' money, or maybe even
lives.

Anonymity isn't the bad thing here. It may make it harder to track the
person doing the bad thing, but it is not, in itself, bad.

Alun.
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