Anonymity and accountability
Taken from January 2006 CryptoGram.it
In a recent article, Kevin Kelly warns on pericolidell'anonimato. Okay in small doses, he admits, but when troppodiventa a problem: "In every system I tested, where the anonimatodiviene common, the system ends up failing. The recent macchiasull'onore of Wikipedia is generated by the extreme ease with cuidichiarazioni anonymous can be inserted into an instrument adaltissima public visibility. dall'anonimatofiniscono communities infected with the collapse or by changing the anonymity inpseudo-anonymity, as eBay, where there is an identity tracciabiledietro a nickname invented. "What Kelly says is interesting, but the discourse that emerges èmalposto. Anonymous systems are inherently easier to abusaree more difficult to protect, as illustrated by his eBay example. back into an anonymous trading system, in which the buyer does not know ilvenditore and vice versa is very easy to deceive one another. This deception, even if it involves a tiny minority, farebbediminuire quickly confidence in the market, and eBay costrettaa would close shop.'s just that eBay has found a solution alproblema brilliant: a feedback system that has added a "reputation" aglianonimi nickname of the user, and made it so the sellers and their compratoriresponsabili azioni.Ed is at this point the error of Kelly. The problem is not anonymity, is responsibility. If a guy can not be resoresponsabile, know the name is useless. If you have qualcunoche is totally anonymous, but also full responsibility, then, hell, just call him Fred.
is not a question of anonymity, but accountability ..
that Pansa you?
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