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 >> â: (613) 562-5800 ext. 2914 >> Fax: (613) 562-5417 >> PGP: 0xF0F41649 >> <https:[log in to unmask]> >> >> *⺠Do you really need to print this email? / Est-ce nécessaire >> dâimprimer 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]> >> >> >> >