I realize this is somewhat out of scope for this list, but knowing that 
there are many people on here who care about privacy and authentication 
issues, I take the liberty of forwarding.
Stephanie Perrin
>
> On 2015-09-30 12:53, Tamir Israel wrote:
>> Colleagues, please forgive any cross-posting,
>>
>> Attached you will find a letter that a number of civil society groups 
>> are looking to send Facebook regarding its long-standing and 
>> contentious real-name policy. The letter follows on a recent and 
>> seminal decision from the hamburg DPA, finding that the policy 
>> violated data protection laws.
>>
>> As a side note, real name policies are a serious problem. Entities 
>> like facebook adopt them because they want to be an identity 
>> management platform and info-exchange hub for a range of online 
>> interactions where it's required a 'real name' even though social 
>> networking itself does not. To the extent they are able to become 
>> such hubs, a real name policy on a platform like facebook undermines 
>> anonymity on the Internet more generally. But it also leads to real 
>> harm just for those engaging on various activities on the platform 
>> itself including, at times, to arbitrary detention and torture: 
>> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125978649644673331.html Names 
>> attached to facebook profiles are also used by intelligence agencies 
>> as a means of identifying all traffic associated with a particular IP 
>> address through intel resources comparable to GCHQ's MUTANT BROTH: 
>> https://snowdenarchive.cjfe.org/greenstone/collect/snowden1/index/assoc/HASH013f/ed0da81f.dir/doc.pdf 
>>
>>
>> We would all be better off if this policy were reconsidered.
>>
>> Anyone interested in signing on should email: [log in to unmask] in the 
>> next day or two.
>>
>> Hope all is otherwise well !
>>
>> Best,
>> Tamir
>>
>> --
>>
>> Tamir Israel
>> Staff Lawyer
>>
>> Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic 
>> (CIPPIC)
>> University of Ottawa | Faculty of Law | CML Section
>> 57 Louis Pasteur Street
>> Ottawa | ON | K1N 6N5
>> ☎: (613) 562-5800 ext. 2914
>> Fax: (613) 562-5417
>> PGP: 0xF0F41649 
>> <[log in to unmask]" target="_blank">https:[log in to unmask]>
>>
>> *♺ Do you really need to print this email? / Est-ce nécessaire 
>> d’imprimer ce courriel?*
>>
>>
>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> Subject: 	[13 Principles] Action: Sign on Letter To Facebook on Real 
>> Name Policy
>> Date: 	Tue, 29 Sep 2015 11:56:27 -0700
>> From: 	Katitza Rodriguez <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: 	[log in to unmask]
>> To: 	Principles list <[log in to unmask]>, Nadia Kayyali <[log in to unmask]>
>>
>>
>>
>