That's quite sickening.. Does anyone seriously want to have their name searched when looking for a job, have some internet posts come up showing that you're heavily into video games (a turn off for many employers)? Or have some butthurt psycho who you kill in a video game come back for revenge? No thanks.
Maybe that's not a concern for billionaire CEOs but for average people it is a big concern. The thought of these people trying to take away internet anonymity is fucking sickening. It's bad enough that employers can plug your name into google search engine and find out what you do and use that information against you.. now they want to expand on that even more by taking away *any* slight privacy of being behind a screen name. It's disturbing and sickening.
[QUOTE=ironman17;23986549]Let's just hope the CEO gets hit with some sorta scandal that forces him either to back down or go to jail.
What kind of scandal do you think would be suitable retribution for the threat his interests pose against our internet ideals? Simply an extramarital affair wouldn't work, those are too common and all that. Framing him for tax evasion might work, although he's probably rich enough to pay all that off.
Anyone got any other ideas what kind of scandal would send him whirling to ruin?[/QUOTE]
So you want to ruin the CEO of Google's life just because he doesn't agree with internet anonymity? Wow... :geno:
I'm gonna go and shit on his face.
Osh- I better get my tinfoil on.
:tinfoil:
What are you doing Google :frown:? I used to like you, but now you're a shit-bag.
[QUOTE=STREWTH_99;23987701]So you want to ruin the CEO of Google's life just because he doesn't agree with internet anonymity? Wow... :geno:[/QUOTE]
Internet anonymity is the very fabric of internet freedom and safety. Without the choice of anonymity, we lose that one thing that keeps us safe. Besides, we all have something dark deep down inside that we've all done, things of a dark nature, and anyone who even attempts to say they've done nothing bad is a liar. Take away anonymity, and all that darkness spills out, everybody's crimes are revealed, and any future things are attributed to you. The internet is built up on a thick veil of protective deceit, but it is necessary to prevent everyone harbouring hatred and contempt for each other should the dark truths be revealed.
Removing that protective cloak of lies and anonymity would result in millions being criminalised, reprimanded, and in some cases even penalised. Sure, some crimes are more serious than others, and deserve the severe consequences, but mostly we're all carrying the yokes of petty crimes, things not that serious but still against the doctrine, and are typically not worth the wasted effort of tracking us all down.
To protect the internet and all it's inhabitants, threats to our freedom and safety must be removed and punished for their crimes against our way of life, in an effort to neutralise any threat they might pose, and also to discipline them to stop them doing it again. After all, isn't punishment used to discourage one from doing something wrong? And what better way to remove a threat than to involve them in serious crimes, thus tarnishing their reputation, isolating them from everyone else, and preventing them from having any effect on the greater scheme of things?
Google's CEO does pose a threat, he's speaking words that could set off a chain reaction that removes anonymity and safety on our internets. Just because the curtains are open, and the safety net removed, doesn't mean all the bad things stop. It just means that all the bad things are revealed, and they're not so easy to stop that you could just remove the curtains and some 15 year old boy called Michael Carter instantly stops looking at X-rated 18+ material. It ain't a pretty sight, and you'll wish you'd never seen it, so it's best to keep the curtains closed.
In other words, we've all done bad things (anyone who says otherwise is a liar), and removing anonymity/safety exposes all those things, leaving us open and vulnerable due to many people weighing the bad things too heavily against the good things and "grey" things we've done, with no sense of balance whatsoever, and persecute us for the bad things. (Grey meaning neutral, neither good nor bad) Therefore, we need to keep the curtains closed to keep our reputations and "slates" clean. Sure, to preserve the safety of the petty we need to expose the serious, but it's all for the greater good.
You can't make an Ommelete of Protection without breaking a few Eggs of Reputation.
TLDR ironman17 wants to make Eric Shmidt's life a living hell just because he supports something that'd make it harder for ironman17 to troll people without getting caught.
Being anonymous and having privacy are two different things.
Anonymous:lacking individuality, unique character, or distinction
Privacy:The state of being free from intrusion or disturbance in one's private life or affairs
Thats it, I'm using Yahoo from now on.
[quote]"If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place."[/quote]
Like porn.
[QUOTE=Swilly;23988692]Being anonymous and having privacy are two different things.
Anonymous:lacking individuality, unique character, or distinction
Privacy:The state of being free from intrusion or disturbance in one's private life or affairs[/QUOTE]
Thanks for defining anonymity, but that's not internet anonymity
Surely that's a problem with people, not anonymity?
I'm not sure where anonymity stands... If were talking usernames then fuck you google.
If we're talking 4chan anonymity then fine by me.
[QUOTE=edja007;23988955]Thanks for defining anonymity, but that's not internet anonymity[/QUOTE]
Why can't you just make a fake logon :downs:
Seriously before they had the internet people leaked documents through code names and such. Have we all forgotten that?
Anonymity is the only surefire way to keep internet privacy for everyone, until this Google CEO can provide an acceptable alternative he should keep his fucking mouth shut.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;23989119]I'm not sure where anonymity stands... If were talking usernames then fuck you google.
If we're talking 4chan anonymity then fine by me.[/QUOTE]
what the fuck?
you just contradicted yourself
I don't know when the change in administration happened, but I really [i]really [b]really[/b][/i] do [b][u]NOT[/u][/b] like the current Google CEO.
[highlight]AT ALL.[/highlight]
[QUOTE=Skyhawk;23989221]I don't know when the change in administration happened, but I really [i]really [b]really[/b][/i] do [b][u]NOT[/u][/b] like the current Google CEO.
[highlight]AT ALL.[/highlight][/QUOTE]
That's healthy. It means you are still sane. :downs:
I don't really care a lot about privacy, but I care about to choice of being private about things when I want to. Fuck off, Google.
Very grateful for my invitation to [url=http://blekko.com]blekko[/url] now.
google is stepping on my balls lately
G.O.O.G.L.E will be a new hit game where you watch everyone on the internet.
Google now falls.
I think I read something about this on cracked. I was a bit skeptical but I don't like the way google has been going. Its almost as if they kinda branched out too much.
[QUOTE=AlienCreature;23989270]That's healthy. It means you are still sane. :downs:[/QUOTE]
Erm, I honestly can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. Did you mean to use [noparse]:smile:[/noparse]:smile: or are you legitimately questioning my sanity? You're probably right to do so either way :v:
[QUOTE=Skyhawk;23989570]Erm, I honestly can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. Did you mean to use [noparse]:smile:[/noparse]:smile: or are you legitimately questioning my sanity? You're probably right to do so either way :v:[/QUOTE]
Both. :downs:
what the fuck, google has SUCKED in the past 5 years.
It's also dangerous not to be anonymous, god knows who can find out all sort of things about you, not being anonymous can be just as dangerous.
Suppose even if we separated anonymity and privacy, they're just going to start pushing the line into privacy so they can claim to be authorized to monitor the things we do in our privacy which is just wrong.
[QUOTE=Teh_Cheese;23979026]
i worry about what google does with gmail emails now...[/QUOTE]
Fuck. Time to switch back to Comcast for email.
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