I am practical and I choose my battles wisely (I hope).
If I want to travel to foreign countries under the current state of the planet, I need a passport in order to enter and leave through border crossings. To get a passport, I have to submit to some pretty serious kyc. Do I trust governments to keep that kyc identity info safe and confidential? Up to a point.
I guess I have the option to go by foot to remote unregulated places to enter and leave a particular country, but that is not practical and would seriously restrict my opportunities and range for general travel purposes.
With social media, I have a choice of which ones to use and for which purposes. And how and how often. I am against almost everything Facebook does and stands for. But I have an account which I will use on very infrequent occasions for specific purposes, and then not use it again for months and years.
Matthew 10:16 King James Version (KJV)
16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
I hear ya'....The evil of which I speak is those who robbed the naive of millions via bogus apps...Of course, this may have been before your time on the platform...Untraceable 'nicknames' cost thousands of unsuspecting users $millions. Besides that, the IRS wants in on the rewards, so it's not Dan really...it's more like cya...all bases...
It has advantages and disadvantages.
there is no advantages in storing thousands of identities nobody knows where
I am practical and I choose my battles wisely (I hope).
If I want to travel to foreign countries under the current state of the planet, I need a passport in order to enter and leave through border crossings. To get a passport, I have to submit to some pretty serious kyc. Do I trust governments to keep that kyc identity info safe and confidential? Up to a point.
I guess I have the option to go by foot to remote unregulated places to enter and leave a particular country, but that is not practical and would seriously restrict my opportunities and range for general travel purposes.
With social media, I have a choice of which ones to use and for which purposes. And how and how often. I am against almost everything Facebook does and stands for. But I have an account which I will use on very infrequent occasions for specific purposes, and then not use it again for months and years.
Matthew 10:16 King James Version (KJV)
16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
It's really a necessary 'evil' to help protect users from those wanting to do evil...
Peace.
what evil?) I just want to use a nickname, and Dan wants to collect all the data about every single user
I hear ya'....The evil of which I speak is those who robbed the naive of millions via bogus apps...Of course, this may have been before your time on the platform...Untraceable 'nicknames' cost thousands of unsuspecting users $millions. Besides that, the IRS wants in on the rewards, so it's not Dan really...it's more like cya...all bases...
Peace.