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Kunix on June 1, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Securing Email Communications from Facebook

The funny state of Facebook: the research side pushing for more privacy by promoting Tor/PGP, and the official side requiring you to upload your government ID if you want to keep your account. (see #MyNameIs)

dmix on June 1, 2015 [–]

Fun fact: one of the big reasons Tom created Myspace in 2003 was because of Friendster's real-name policy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Anderson#Career

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