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Comment by flowerlad

Children can change their names upon reaching adulthood, to escape tracking. (This is a serious suggestion made by Google's then CEO Erich Schmidt, see below). And maybe every 10 years thereafter.

Google's Eric Schmidt suggests that young people should change their name upon reaching adulthood: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/7951269/Young-...

Of course, a better way may be to introduce new right-to-be-forgotten laws like in the EU.

parent flowerlad 5 years ago

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