ssorenn:
You.
Everyone but you.

Everyone but you and JamesYanik . . .

Talk about derailing a thread! This one couldn't even find the tracks. Damn, James. That was...terrible.

@JECE, why do you think it benefits me?

Well, we're all tired of JECE's hate-mongering.

i'm quite interested, because i think it doesnt benefit me

come on JECE, lets hear it

But is the internet truly anonymous?

no, but most think theres enough anonymity, to talk in a way that they probably dont talk to people in person, friend or not

Under normal circumstances, no. Otherwise, probably not.

@JamesYanik, no rape accusations or jokes. We don't go there thanks.

@ssorenn, the internet is not anonymous, it was not designed to be anonymous, and it never will be anonymous.

Of course, I could go onto a public library's computer...

@JMO, so explain why you think some people speak the way they do in this forum , and you know they would not say these things to peoples faces

Is the answer, Because then can without fear of repercussion?

Theoretically given the standards of cryptology, it is possible to find a signal and trace it back to a location or netkey, however detecting IPs and decrypting messages are more difficult.

In code-makers vs code-breakers the codemakers have a bit of an edge nowadays as long as they dont goof up. The internet CAN be anonymous jmo1121109. even from your own server

see TrPrad-whore i can give pertinent information

ssorenn: Everyone but you, JamesYanik, fiedler, Tettleton's Chew, krellin, Draugnar, Sandgoose, Octavious . . .

Oh, was I lumping you in the wrong batch?

no

Anonymity is dead. There is no anonymity on the internet if your enemies are powerful enough to pull up your ISP records (which isn't too difficult - the police have myriad ways of getting your internet usage records - which ISPs have been required to hold on to since the '90s - without any kind of oversight). Even if you use TOR, the USG supposedly owns half the TOR relays in the network, although this could simply be propaganda to dissuade people from using TOR.

The only way to be truly safe is to unplug.

"Of course, I could go onto a public library's computer..."

Public libraries have cameras. You may feel anonymous, but the authorities will have your mug shot within minutes of wondering who used that library computer at that time. If you have to use your library card to access the computer (which, I understand, most public libraries do), they won't even need that.

hmmm, well Tolstoy of course if the CIA is hunting you then its difficult, but for day to day stuff like this forum it is fairly anonymous.

If you use a public free wifi spot with a computer you have never used your real name, or contacted your friends on, the thats pretty anon even for the police.

The only way to be truly safe is kill yerself, yessir.

Internet anonymity is probably good, I guess. It allows people to say whatever stupid stuff they want to, but it can also allow them to be more honest, all without repercussions (unless they, you know, link to their blog with their full name in it or something like that, then it's fairly easy to track them down. Or, as Tolstoy said, if they do illegal stuff).

With only a few details like where you've lived, people can track you down.

Speaking of library privacy, has anyone seen Library Wars (2013)?

Yeah, someone can probably track me down fairly easily. Fortunately I don't have enemies!

What anonimity?

There isn't any, unless the stuff that you spew is meaningless to not attract attention. If it is getting attention, there is no anonymity.

Or, if you're talking about anonimity on fora like this, it's quite simple: it encourages more audacious and forthright commentary, and trolling (in truth, the distinction is only in the eye of the troller).

@JECE. With details like where I live you could track me down, I guess you're Sherlock fucking Holmes

My point here, is I say nothing that I would not say right to ANYONE'S face. I mean anyone. I will also lay odds that most here are unlike that. I'm thinking 98+%. Could not say certain things they say here to someone's face.

Anonymity on the internet is like a 3 year old who puts his hands over his eyes and says, "You can't see me!!"