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Title: Handles, real names, and being non-paranoid
Post by: Amiga4k on January 19, 2007, 12:46:58 AM
In an ideal world, phishers and spammers would not exist. Their existence would be the bane of society, and such scum would be hunted down, neutered, and branded with a big "W" on their foreheads and their rear-ends. But this is not an ideal world.  :madashell:

Then, there are the idiots of the world. Not to offend the truly blameless low IQ, I must clarify my rant.

Everyone on the internet uses a "handle", psuedo-name, or moniker to protect their legal name from being harvested by the dreaded phisher and scammer software.

Now, Amiduffer has committed the most absolute sin. He has posted a persons legal name. :madashell:  :pissed:
Title: Re: Handles, real names, and being non-paranoid
Post by: odin on January 19, 2007, 02:47:45 AM
 :-?
Title: Re: Handles, real names, and being non-paranoid
Post by: motorollin on January 19, 2007, 07:34:25 AM
Care to enlighten us as to what you're on about?

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moto
Title: Re: Handles, real names, and being non-paranoid
Post by: adz on January 19, 2007, 11:23:40 AM
I don't really give a f*** about who knows my real name, of the hundreds of images I have published online, you can find my name quite easily, so someone posting my name here is of no consequence. Thats the biggest problem with the internet, it is the anonymity. Thats why scammers and the like can pretty much get away with anything. Srew anonymity, if you don't want people to know who you are, you have no place on the internet.
Title: Re: Handles, real names, and being non-paranoid
Post by: Karlos on January 19, 2007, 01:29:48 PM
My handle is my normal nickname.
Title: Re: Handles, real names, and being non-paranoid
Post by: jkirk on January 19, 2007, 02:07:22 PM
my handle is a hybrid of my real name.
Title: Re: Handles, real names, and being non-paranoid
Post by: Wilse on January 19, 2007, 05:37:07 PM
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Karlos wrote:
My handle is my normal nickname.


Likewise, although the number of people who still call me Wilse is very small.

Apart from that my whole name is in my profile anyway.
Title: Re: Handles, real names, and being non-paranoid
Post by: Karlos on January 19, 2007, 08:31:59 PM
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Wilse wrote:

Apart from that my whole name is in my profile anyway.


Mine is, or was. Still is. Not sure... does it matter? :lol:
Title: Re: Handles, real names, and being non-paranoid
Post by: Wilse on January 22, 2007, 07:02:31 PM
I guess not. :-D
Title: Re: Handles, real names, and being non-paranoid
Post by: bloodline on January 23, 2007, 05:46:27 PM
My Handle was choosen as an 'omarge to the rather poor Recoil Album "Bloodline"... it sounded cool... to my 16years old ears, and was pertty much unique (I know of no other bloodlines). Thus it has stuck with me for the past 11 years! :-o

-Edit- Originally used just for IRC, but latter used on Internet Forums and other login requirements.
Title: Re: Handles, real names, and being non-paranoid
Post by: AJCopland on January 23, 2007, 07:51:41 PM
My handle IS my name (Initials plus surname) :-D

...and definately not an operating system that was never finished, nor a terrible film and neither is it the name of a famous composer :-P

Andy
Title: Re: Handles, real names, and being non-paranoid
Post by: mick_aka on January 27, 2007, 01:21:30 AM
My handle is also my name, there's about a hundred websites and forums where you can find out my name is Mick Hayes.
Title: Re: Handles, real names, and being non-paranoid
Post by: cecilia on January 27, 2007, 03:14:35 AM
my name is a government secret

 :devildance:
Title: Re: Handles, real names, and being non-paranoid
Post by: NoFastMem on January 27, 2007, 07:18:04 AM
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Amiga4k wrote:
Everyone on the internet uses a "handle", psuedo-name, or moniker to protect their legal name from being harvested by the dreaded phisher and scammer software.


Actually, it's usually so they can talk sh*t and not get beaten up in real life.
Title: Re: Handles, real names, and being non-paranoid
Post by: motorollin on January 27, 2007, 08:53:52 AM
My handle is the comment some benchmarking software made about my CPU :-D

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moto
Title: Re: Handles, real names, and being non-paranoid
Post by: the_leander on January 27, 2007, 11:49:27 AM
My real name's in my sig...

Besides, there is no such thing as internet anonimity.