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Germany's Merz calls for real names on the internet (dpa-international.com)

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for an end to widespread anonymity on the internet, saying users should post under their real names.

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[–] FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Zero knowledge systems

I like this idea, it's very interesting. Yet I always end up wondering how it could go sideways.

A one time token (as in per message) seems onerous. A multi use token attesting "this is a human" could be sold to a bad actor using it to allow non-humans to masquerade as humans. We already see something like that on big social media where human accounts are sold to troll farms.

[–] fierysparrow89@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

Good point. Have no elegant solution for that at the ready.