On 10 September 2011 01:15, Phil Nash phnash@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
But changing, and toughening up the TOS is sending the right message to the wrong people. Any technically savvy journalist is going to realise the weakness in doing that, and any committed troll/vandal/disrupter is going to be able to subvert any technical measures, if only by moving his/her laptop into a new WiFi Area and crating a new account.
In a possibly-surprising result, really egregious stalkers don't conceal themselves; they tend to act unconcealed (down to address and phone number), in an attempt to say that you can't do anything about them. And this is largely true - it's surprisingly difficult to do anything about mere intimidation *before* it gets physical. Adding a term to the TOS may seem a decoration liable to abuse, but the purpose is to give something phrased to actually be legally useful. Not being a lawyer, I'm not going to second-guess the phrasing Geoff' used here.
tl;dr this is actually thought out and for a reason, though great caution about it is understandable.
- d.