wiki-list(a)phizz.demon.co.uk wrote:
Domas Mituzas wrote:
The issue
is when someone aggregates the data and associates with
an individual, and then makes publishes it. Or uses that data to
make public statements about a user.
we don't associate data with individual, we associate data with
pseudonym.
And? People use the same pseudonym on more than one site just as they
use the same password on more than one site. Besides some people even
enter their real name.
Using a pseudonym or a real name is always an option available to
everyone. In the past, cases where someone outed another who chose to
use a pseudonym have had severe consequences. There has also always
been strong opposition to any proposal that users must sign up with real
names.
See you acknowledge that there is a problem when wiki activity is
allowed to be associated with a named person. Yet the collation and
aggregation of data which may make identification easier. What benefit
does processing data about individual editors have?