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Some writers have argued that namelessness, though technically correct, does not capture what is more centrally at stake in contexts of anonymity. The important idea here is that a person be non-identifiable, unreachable, or untrackable. [1] Anonymity is seen as a technique, or a way of realizing, a certain other values, such as privacy, or ...
Some online forums such as Slashdot do not allow such posts, requiring users to be registered either under their real name or utilizing a pseudonym. Others like JuicyCampus, AutoAdmit, 2channel, and other Futaba-based imageboards (such as 4chan) thrive on anonymity. Users of 4chan, in particular, interact in an anonymous and ephemeral ...
The right to privacy is a fundamental human right firmly grounded in international law. First recognised in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights—a soft law, [ 51 ] the right is later codified in successive (hard) international human human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights .
The Invisible Internet Project (I2P) is an anonymous network layer (implemented as a mix network) that allows for censorship-resistant, peer-to-peer communication. Anonymous connections are achieved by encrypting the user's traffic (by using end-to-end encryption), and sending it through a volunteer-run network of roughly 55,000 computers distributed around the world.
As an editor on Wikipedia, you will have a choice: You can let everyone know who you are by using your real name. Or you can make your edits with a pseudonym, making your true identity more difficult to ascertain. Hoping to remain anonymous is your right. But there are ways in which your identity can be revealed, even if you do not wish.
“In order to do that, it’s important to protect a sense of anonymity — they’re not supposed to get to know ‘you’ that well, ‘cause you want them to believe you as other characters.”
Other websites such as YouTube have gone on to create new policies regarding anonymity. [28] YouTube now does not allow anonymous comments on videos. Users must have a Google account to like, dislike, comment or reply to comments on videos. [29] Once a sign-in user "likes" a video, it will be added to that user's 'Liked video playlist'. [30]
The right to Internet access, also known as the right to broadband or freedom to connect, is the view that all people must be able to access the Internet in order to exercise and enjoy their rights to freedom of expression and opinion and other fundamental human rights, that states have a responsibility to ensure that Internet access is broadly available, and that states may not unreasonably ...