[ExI] sanity and connectedness, was: RE: list test

[BillK]

On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Eugen Leitl  wrote:
> Always use a nym.
> The word you're looking for is a darknet.
>

I doubt if it is as simple as that.

For the 99+% on Facebook and Twitter, they *want* to be known and recognized.

If a Google Glass user looks at you and almost no data appears, then
you become a very suspicious character, with all the disadvantages
that implies. So you now have to go to all the trouble of maintaining
a normal user profile, full of innocuous comments and events (but
still make it attractive and interesting). This is an ongoing task,
not a do once and forget about it task. So there is really no option
but to broadcast your real (but sanitized) personality.

Certainly, if you intend anything slightly naughty (that you wouldn't
want your mother or boss to know about) then use fake personalities,
peer-to-peer, and Tor. But you can't do much there. It is the same as
having big gaps in your CV. Blank spaces in your timeline indicate
things that you don't want to disclose.

In the world of nudity, wearing camouflage makes you *more* conspicuous.

BillK