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- Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
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- From: rita@eff.org (Rita Marie Rouvalis)
- Subject: Re: WELL anonymity policy
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.233427.17572@eff.org>
- Originator: rita@eff.org
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- Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation
- References: <1h86l4INN4lo@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Dec22.231114.17085@eff.org> <1h87qlINN53p@agate.berkeley.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 23:34:27 GMT
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- In article <1h87qlINN53p@agate.berkeley.edu> spp@zabriskie.berkeley.edu (Steve Pope) writes:
-
- >You probably don't have an interest in computer
- >privacy issues then.
-
- It would be safe to assume that I have at least a passing
- interest in privacy issues. I also have anonymous accounts on the Internet.
-
-
- >To illuminate you a bit, the WELL is primarily a social
- >computer network -- I've never subscribed, but I often
- >recommend it to friends who don't like the flaming and
- >noise on usenet.
-
- I'm on the WELL, also.
-
- >The interations that occur on socially-oriented networks
- >are very dependent on things like psedonymity policies
- >and practices, and on privacy issues in general.
-
- I agree. This is why some systems allow anonymous accounts
- and others don't. The WELL makes its decision on an individual basis.
-
- >The topic is a pretty mainstream one for this newsgroup
- >(comp.org.eff.talk).
-
- Yes, I know all about what goes on in this newgroup. But you
- haven't linked your concern with the WELL specifically into any kind
- of privacy debate I'm familiar with. Are you arguing for or against
- anonymity? And how does the WELL policy fall into that debate? So
- far, you've only made some vague allegations about an elite or
- arbitrary policy by a private system.
-
-
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