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Mark my words.
For many of us, this is a "No shit Sherlock" moment.
But in 10 years, we will have young people going "Uh what really?"
Remember when we used to say, "Don't put your name on the internet?" And now it's everywhere?
Mine isn't, go ahead and look it up. You won't find my name anywhere in the internet.
Here it is encrypted so only you can read it: >!John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt!<
Woah that's my name too
Hey what the heck? How did you get my Lemmy password?
All I see is *******
Hunter2
This meme is 20 years old now, I bet there are kids repeating it who weren't alive when it was first made and don't even know where it comes from.
Well, bash.org is gone, so...
Hey! That's my name too!
Yeah I remember the early days of the internet when no one used their real name and we had relationships with dozens of people who we had no idea where they lived and what their real names were.
It seems quaint, but I kinda liked it like that.
Its still like that on discord. Have no idea what one of my closest friends name is, but he really loves opossums and Minecraft!
That was like the biggest thing i learned in computer class, that i already knew in 2002 or so. Later myspace became a thing, and everyone had a myspace name. Then facebook and some people used their real name. Then facebook asked you for your phone number, and i thought: well, that's silly, who in their right mind would do that. Turns out the answer is everyone.
They even give them all phone numbers from all of their contacts linked to real name (even those who don’t have whatsapp)
What a database…
They exactly know who knows who and how connected people are. Nearly everywhere in Europe. Don’t know about US, I think there is more iMessage?
I bet I dossed my pseudonym like not even a day after creating 🤣
I don't see what the difference would be in 10 years.
I don't think 90% of people, especially "young people" would avoid doing this already. It's already a major awareness/compliance issue, and not at all a "no shit sherlock" moment.
But what did you have in mind that will be different in 10 years? Paricularly for young people.