The article mentions of days when you were anonymous
It's funny how in the early days of the internet, everyone was so open and honest about who they are that it was very common for their e-mail messages, Usenet posts, finger plans, etc... to have their real names, home and/or work addresses, and home and/or work phone numbers.
Then the scammers discovered the internet, and everyone had to dummy up about who they are.
Then the corporations got involved, and decided to use "AI" unmask everyone and sell that information back to the scammers.
I wonder what the next move is. Maybe we should all go back to blatantly stating who we are to make the corporations' information gathering worthless.
It's funny how in the early days of the internet, everyone was so open and honest about who they are that it was very common for their e-mail messages, Usenet posts, finger plans, etc... to have their real names, home and/or work addresses, and home and/or work phone numbers.
Then the scammers discovered the internet, and everyone had to dummy up about who they are.
Then the corporations got involved, and decided to use "AI" unmask everyone and sell that information back to the scammers.
I wonder what the next move is. Maybe we should all go back to blatantly stating who we are to make the corporations' information gathering worthless.