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    The Internet used to have a lot more anonymity then it currently does. Most people use just a few services, and everything they do is tracked across these services. It used to be that you would never reveal your name ever on line, unless you wanted to meet someone irl.

    How does everyone feel about the state of anonymity with the way the current Internet is?

    I personally find it distressing, and I am glad that there are still ways to be anonymous on line. I for one don't want to be put into a database with everything I've ever said on line under my real name.
     
    You're more anonymous in real life now, it seems.

    It's unfortunate, but the internet is where people are so it's where the advertisers and other money are and they want to know everyone about you to exploit you. I sort of give up half the time trying to fight it. Block ads and try to confuse Google with nonsense searches.
     
    Esper said:
    You're more anonymous in real life now, it seems.

    It's unfortunate, but the internet is where people are so it's where the advertisers and other money are and they want to know everyone about you to exploit you. I sort of give up half the time trying to fight it. Block ads and try to confuse Google with nonsense searches.
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    LOL at point 1.

    That is true, where people are, business follows. I also use either duckduckgo, or for Google searches, startpage.com. It basically takes Google's results and runs in through their server, so that they can't track you doing it. It's cool, check it out.
     
    Lucario said:
    I always register to online services with a pseudonym.
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    Well, we all do. They're called usernames. :)

    This thread is great. It reminds me now of when I was on a sports website this past Sunday on my phone, and in the middle of the page was an advertisement for the Rooster Teeth store. Yeah uh huh, of course Rooster Teeth and sports go together.
     
    Yea, if you want to be properly untracked and anonymous in this world now, leave your phone at home and go sit in a forest (:
     
    this links well with the new UK law that basically says the govenment can see and keep your entire browsing history and conversation logs without consent.
     
    Well, you can block ads, and give yourself different username or display names on different sites if you'd rather not be found everywhere. I still find it fairly anonymous, and I find that most people use fake names or nicknames unless they're on Facebook. o:

    I've been online off and on since 2001, and only a handful of people knew my real name or much about my life until more recently. Ads sometimes tailor to my web searches, but I also use ad blockers so I really don't see those either.

    And if the government or anyone else wants to track my searches, I hope they like anime.
     
    My theory is that in the past the internet was something used mainly by tech-oriented people but nowadays it's used by almost everyone. That's why laws are catching up to treat online activity the same as with in real life. It's no longer something "for nerds" (excuse for lack of a better term)

    I am rather concerned about the intrusive powers introduced in the investigatory powers bill in the uk,which is why i think having a VPN should be recommended.
     
    Lucario said:
    this links well with the new UK law that basically says the govenment can see and keep your entire browsing history and conversation logs without consent.
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    Dter ic said:
    I am rather concerned about the intrusive powers introduced in the investigatory powers bill in the uk
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    So far as I know, these powers already existed since at least 2012. The new law is just a revision of the previous one that is/was due for expiry. It's not the entire history, by the way; the law claims they can store 'only' two years.


    Dter ic said:
    My theory is that in the past the internet was something used mainly by tech-oriented people but nowadays it's used by almost everyone. That's why laws are catching up to treat online activity the same as with in real life. It's no longer something "for nerds" (excuse for lack of a better term)
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    Right. The same thing happened to video gaming too.
     
    The good thing for me, I don't use my full real name anywhere online, aside from Facebook. I've even tried searching my own name in Google, and nothing appears, again, aside from my Facebook profile, which is what I want. I don't think my family would approve of what I post lmfao.
     
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