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		there on Oct 3, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gmail and Hotmail Captchas Cracked you don't think a person should be able to sign up for a gmail or hotmail account anonymously without tying it to their real identity?

olefoo on Oct 4, 2008 [–]

I'm not suggesting doing away with internet anonymity.

But I do think I would be a lot more comfortable transacting business remotely with people I knew had gone in to the post office or DMV and engaged in a legally binding act of self-identification.

This is completely orthogonal to free speech.

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