Subj : Echo Rules
To   : Carol Shenkenberger
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Thu Sep 19 2024 04:21 pm

Hello Carol,

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 >> All good points.  Another point here is that since most users/posters
 >> these days are also Sysops, it's just a matter of cross-checking the
 >> Origin Line/Node number to the nodelist to get the "real name".  I'm
 >> assuming that "most" sysop names in the nodelist are real, I know.

"Real names" policies are not empowering - they are an authoritarian
assertion of power over vulnerable people. Is that the way Fidonet
sysops want to be seen by the rest of the world? Time for them to grow
up and smell the roses.

 CS> Not always.  As R13 i notified a long ago Z1C that we had a witness
 CS> protection case.  None cared but agreed it was reasonable.

Courts agreed that Germans must be allowed to sign up under pseudonyms
to comply with privacy law. This extends to the EU.

Google has ditched its "real names only" rule, and apologized
to users - "There are mp ,pre restrictions on what name you can
use."

 CS> There's probably a lot of fake names out there.

What's my name, tell me what's my name.
Loose Flea, or maybe False Oleo. Depending
on time of day.

For Life,
Lee

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