I post under my own name and talk about the Madeira conference, but initially I was keeping it on the down-low, and FWIW, got this on Twitter:

They were filming the audience during the speech, and even if I didn’t put my name on it, facial recognition software being what it is, it would be trivial to ID someone there.

I am for being open about using freedom tech think most people should *choose* to post under their real names for reasons I’ve argued many times before, but this is a kind of doxxing, and I am very much against that.

WTF?

https://nostrcheck.me/media/134743ca8ad0203b3657c20a6869e64f160ce48ae6388dc1f5ca67f346019ee7/b071b95bb75a44a1381cb01c22bbc0eff5d059b5948e3182541a561637bcadb0.webp

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Basically if you're going to one of these, you will be ID’d as having gone. Not saying you shouldn’t go — I enjoyed it — but be forewarned about the tradeoff.

This reminded me of a podcast I listened to on the subjects of public spaces and privacy. You might find it interesting as well.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/braininavat/episodes/The-Privacy-Paradox--David-Boonin-e2fgfls