[privacy] I.P. Address: Partially Personal Information

dave at cirt.net dave at cirt.net
Tue Feb 26 11:17:34 CST 2008


Quoting Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu
> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:46:50 EST, rms at computerbytesman.com said:
>> BTW, my name isn't particularly identifying.  I suspect there are at least
>> 20,000 "Richard Smiths" in the U.S. To identify me specifically one needs
>> some other information such as a birth year and a Zip code.
> Some of us aren't so lucky.

There's a simple answer - use a different name than your birthname for  
everything...

We should all call ourselves Richard Smith from now on...

dave


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