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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
That does not mean that it cannot happen. If governments decide it's necessary, it can be done to a practical extent (IOW, not perfect, but practically effective.)
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Which governments? Too many of the problems now originate from areas where the governments in power either don't know, don't care, or get a cut of the take. (Take a look at where the servers are located that most phisihing scams actually point to when you are asked for your private info, and you'll get a short list. Russia, China, Korea, Romania...)
And you can't simply cut them out of the net.
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And actually, I suspect that removing anonymity from the web won't be as hard as you might think. Public protest isn't the same as action, after all, and if the public overall is convinced (by effective PR) that non-anonymity actually protects them, they won't complain much.
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Maybe.
But effectively removing anonymity means clamping down on tools usable to preserve it. That might just produce more than protest.
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Dennis