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Well, IMO the definition of the word "anonymous" still fits how personal information is handled in Briefing: "Anonymity describes situations where the acting pe
by perenzo 6y ago
Well, IMO the definition of the word "anonymous" still fits how personal information is handled in Briefing: "Anonymity describes situations where the acting person's name is unknown" [1] And this is true regarding the Briefing service.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymity
- inanutshellus 6y agoHeh, well you cherry-picked there. It goes on to say ". The important idea here is that a person be non-identifiable, unreachable, or untrackable." Regardless, it's Wikipedia, that definition ought to be fixed to say "identity" rather than "name".
- walterbell 6y agoFor online transactions, "name" has been generalized to PII (Personally Identifiable Information) from which name can often be derived. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_data