On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 01:09:03PM +0000, fxkl47BF wrote: > > i understand and respect what you are saying > i also reject it > we have no way of knowing you are roberto > following what you say it would make people feel warm and fuzzy if i called > myself george washinton > it's just judging a book by it's cover > what kind of person does that > Perception is reality.
You are right that in general there does not exist a reliable means of verifying online identities. However, to appear in an online forum taking a form that appears substantially different from the bulkd of other participants in the forum will attract attention. To that end, depending on the threat model you are trying to address, appearing through a provider like protonmail has a different set of trade-offs from using a more well-known provider, not associated with total anonimity (like Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) and a pseudonym that more closely resembles a real name. If your goal is absolute and total anonimity while minimizing the likelihood that your true location/identity/etc. can be discovered, then protonmail is likely the way to go. However, that makes you "stick out" in a place like debian-user. If you wish to have a degree of anonimity while blending into the background, then a Gmail account using a pseudonym would probably attract far less notice. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez
