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Facebook Wants You To Snitch On Friends Not Using Their Real Name

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Re: Facebook Wants You To Snitch On Friends Not Using Their Real Name

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Post by fleitz »

Karunamon wrote: post #3

FTA: Indeed, under the terms of the Snoopers Charter, it wouldn’t just be Facebook who could access this kind of information: the authorities could potentially set up a filter to gather data on people who don’t confirm the names of their friends Yes, and I could potentially sprout wings from my ass and become a travel carrier. The rest of this article is nothing more than a ton of thinly veiled fallacies, slippery sl…

What is a "real" name vs. one that is not "real"?

Did you mean legal name? And if so does that exclude legal aliases?

What about Madonna, is that her 'real' name?

Re: Facebook Wants You To Snitch On Friends Not Using Their Real Name

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Post by quesera »

jedbrown wrote: post #4

If the responses are actually anonymous (as they claim, but I don't believe it's actually anonymous in their database), it would be easy to generate enough false positives to spoil the system.

There is a 0% chance that Facebook does not record your response to every request.

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Post by jrtashjian »

The only problem with forcing real names that I've recently encountered are family members who work in prisons. They use a modified name as to make it difficult for an inmate to gain knowledge of them and where they live. Personal and family protection in a way with the ability to still use Facebook to connect with distant friends and family members.

Anyone else run into this instance?

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Post by maxerickson »

jrtashjian wrote: post #13

The only problem with forcing real names that I've recently encountered are family members who work in prisons. They use a modified name as to make it difficult for an inmate to gain knowledge of them and where they live. Personal and family protection in a way with the ability to still use Facebook to connect with distant friends and family members. Anyone else run into this instance?

It seems like it would be more sensible for them to use modified names inside the prison.

Of course, they probably don't get to choose what name to use in the prison.

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Post by quesera »

jrtashjian wrote: post #13

The only problem with forcing real names that I've recently encountered are family members who work in prisons. They use a modified name as to make it difficult for an inmate to gain knowledge of them and where they live. Personal and family protection in a way with the ability to still use Facebook to connect with distant friends and family members. Anyone else run into this instance?

That's a good example, but there are countless reasons why people cannot safely use their legal names in places like Facebook.

They can elect not to participate, and Facebook can elect to prohibit them.

Neither party really suffers any material damage, but it does frustrate some decent people.

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Post by w1ntermute »

maxerickson wrote: post #17
jrtashjian wrote: post #13

The only problem with forcing real names that I've recently encountered are family members who work in prisons. They use a modified name as to make it difficult for an inmate to gain knowledge of them and where they live. Personal and family protection in a way with the ability to still use Facebook to connect with distant friends and family members. Anyone else run into this instance?

It seems like it would be more sensible for them to use modified names inside the prison. Of course, they probably don't get to choose what name to use in the prison.

Seems to me that guards using fake names should be a matter of course in prisons.

Re: Facebook Wants You To Snitch On Friends Not Using Their Real Name

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Post by notatoad »

w1ntermute wrote: post #16

This could be a good way to hasten the departure of users from Facebook. If you get the accounts of all your friends using fake names suspended, they might be more willing to move to Google Plus.

It might hasten the departure of users from Facebook, but if they're leaving because of facebook's real name policy, I doubt they're going to find G+ more attractive.
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