Why? Privacy online is important. Anonynymity should be the default. This
is a public mailing list and I signed up with my non-identifying email
address that has 3 decades of information floating about it on the
internet. If I just post my name and call sign I may as well have attached
it to all this communications.
There are automated tools bad actors can use to connect such information,
build a profile about you or me and use it for various nefarious purposes.
Having one's name and/or exact address (often with a phone number) is bad
enough from identity stealing point of view. Having all the history of your
hobbies, where you lived before, maybe where you grew up etc (stuff someone
might think to use to prove your identity) is insane. Especially if one
lives in a country like me that protects banks rather than people if
someone takes out a loan in your name.
You know, only from this year they established this facility to "block"
one's identity from lending point of view. So what's the problem? Why not
just block it? I did, but the law behind it is laughable. Banks are not
obligated to honor it (not all banks anyway) and people that will take a
mortgage on your home without you knowing know which institutions voluntary
choose not to sign up to that database.
There are places like qrz.com where I sign up with my identifying
information. I keep these and my non-identifying information separate.
Perhaps this list should be one of those places, but at the moment I
signed. I didn't think about it and now it's done.
I realise if someone manually wants to connect the dots it is doable, but
I'm not expecting to be personally targeted. Still I'm making the job for
their automated tools much harder (until such time the writing style
analysis will be enough to ID uniquely - maybe by then our lawmakers will
pull their collective head from their arse and establish proper identity
protection).
Regards,
F
On Sat, 23 Nov 2024, 19:43 Rob Atkinson, <ranchorobbo@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a couple questions for you. How come you never identify
> yourself? Why the mystery? how come you never post a callsign or
> name? Actually both would be great. I got an email addr. and F for
> who you are. Why the anonymity? Did you skip out on alimony
> payments? hi hi.
>
> 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
>
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