When you publicly engage yourself in a battle against one of the most powerful IT related companies in the world, it can be a little frightening. But when you find support online, people saying that your struggle is meaningful, you start to feel a whole lot better.
In fact, there is more here than Google+ policy concerning privacy. Google and Facebook, in the middle of the war there fighting for the control of the time we spend online, have agreed on one thing: anonymity on the Internet must come to an end.
There are so many reasons to disagree on this statement that I won't be able to deal with them all on this blog but I can let you know that this topic is known as #nymwars or #plusgate on twitter. Looking for these hashtags you will find a lot of clever articles explaining why a pseudonym is a real identity. You will learn that even a few Googlers have quit their jobs over this topic! And you will be able to add your personal profile suspension story to the database created by Skud. I wish there were more content for French people though. I guess it's up to me to bring some more. So, stay tuned.
I wish you all and your digital selves a good day.
Toujours rien ?
RépondreSupprimerNon, Google réagit toujours comme un enfant de 4 ans en pratiquant un odieux chantage pour obtenir ce qu'il veut: Que je dévoile mon nom en public.
RépondreSupprimerAutant dire que ça n'arrivera jamais.
La #nymwars n'aura pourtant pas été un phénomène négatif de mon point de vue. Plus Google s'entête dans son "autisme social" (oxymoron inside), plus je découvre avec ravissement des alternatives libres à ses services.
Diaspora, en lieu et place de Google+, Duckduckgo ou seeks.fr pour une partie de mes recherches internet, Flickr (non libre), mais plus performant que Picasa, Seenthis comme complément à Google Reader qui conserve tout de même une place spéciale dans mon cœur.
Le web est plein de ressources, et il ne faut jamais mettre tous ses œufs dans le même panier.