That's some internet history right there. I actually used open social back in the days. Of course post Cambridge Analytica people now think that open systems and data portability are bad :(
Similarly, remember the conventional wisdom in the 90's of "To stay safe, don't use your real name online"? But today real-name policies are in place apparently to "keep us safe online".
Twitter technically doesn't, but they're close with their all-but-mandatory phone number confirmation, given that many countries now require government ID to get a SIM card.
If the internet is to be viewed as a utility, anonymity is going to be a hard question to address. Today, a water bill is used for identification in getting a license. In the future, government agencies might just have their own tracking cookies.
It's a win-win: you'll get through the DMV line even quicker! /s
Well, your internet already is billed like a utility, but just like how there is no utility tracking utilization by person in a household, I would expect no such requirement for data. That doesn’t mean ISPs and other players won’t try.
I actually don't think people have a consistent position here. For most, whether or not an open system is good or bad is largely dependent on how it affects their political group...
