Reasons for Anonymity

Reasons for Anonymity

Anonymity can be defined as a tendency to hide the original names and titles. Anonymity has become prevalent with the advancement of technology to date. Therefore, the internet has proven different ways through which they act of anonymity can be portrayed. Also, technology has pointed out various reasons why an act of anonymity may occur. Overall, anonymity can be used in good and evil (Baker, 2014). The advancement of technology had seen the growth of the internet, accommodating all sorts of users with great and bad interests. Cybercriminals have multiplied in their number, increasing the cases of online crimes.  Anybody can access internet sites. Therefore, the criminals take this advantage in obtaining the personal information belonging to a particular individual with interest in benefiting themselves. Act of stealing personal information is aided by the anonymity, whereby the criminals hide their identity through not disclosing their names or titles (Ponesse, 2014). Therefore, they can comfortably access the information and use it without being detected. This is an incidence of using anonymity with an evil intention for personal gain. Alternatively, anonymity can be used in good by the authors. On some occasions, the authors create a title different from their original name, and the title that can be commonly known and crammed by many readers. In a case whereby the author has a name that could be too hard to pronounce, it becomes a challenge for them to create fame on it. The title/name used by the author is significant in advertising and selling the book. Thus, the authors consider using another name that could help in selling the book.

References

Baker, R. (2014). Against Anonymity. Bioethics, 28(4), 166-169. doi: 10.1111/bioe.12093

Ponesse, J. (2014). The Ties That Blind: Conceptualizing Anonymity. Journal Of Social Philosophy, 45(3), 304-322. doi: 10.1111/josp.12066

Anonymity is a common internet-related act whereby someone is not disclosing the actual name. There are several reasons whereby an individual might not be comfortable in revealing their name. For instance, it might be due to political fears, personal gain, naming a few. The modern tech-world has paved the way for the massive development of anonymity. The Internet has become the hotbed whereby all the forms anonymity hare being practiced. The cases of cybercrimes are hitting the headlines every day (Baker, 2014). The financial institutions, personal accounts, personal information, among others, have been the most significant target by the cybercriminals in the modern world. These targets are essential in providing criminals with quick and easy access to the points of interest in conducting activities such as phishing, identity theft, among other internet crimes. Therefore, the general backbone and the mastermind behind the successful internet crime is anonymity. This anonymity allows the criminals to hide their real names, whereby it becomes difficult to detect the act. With improved technology, internet sites are not self-authenticating to discover the purpose of its access by the user. Overall, technology today has facilitated the anonymity incidences. Of course, cybercriminals take advantage of accomplishing their missions (Ponesse, 2014). However, the act of anonymity can be used in different measures, especially in an illegal way. For instance, modern authors have proven the same. They have been avoiding their real names and going for an alternative name during the publication of their works e.g., Books, novels, etc. they consider choosing an optional name that could help in marketing their product by attracting many clients.

References

Baker, R. (2014). Against Anonymity. Bioethics, 28(4), 166-169. doi: 10.1111/bioe.12093

Ponesse, J. (2014). The Ties That Blind: Conceptualizing Anonymity. Journal Of Social Philosophy, 45(3), 304-322. doi: 10.1111/josp.12066

RE: REASONS FOR ANONYMITY

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I the discussion is quite impressive. Adding a few comments on it would shed some light on it. Anonymity is not new but has been there in history. However, the act has become very common in the current world, whereby everything is contained on the internet. The internet platform has made the world too small by accommodating everything that is needed by its users. Thus, anonymity is being provided by the internet undoubtedly (Baker, 2014). Many are the cases of online crimes being reported. These criminals conduct crimes when hiding their names to avoid being detected. They, therefore, end up collecting all they want, including the personal information, that they could use it in activities, including identity theft. With anonymity, it is not possible to detect not only the real name but also the gender, race, origin, and age of the person accessing the sites.

References

Baker, R. (2014). Against Anonymity. Bioethics, 28(4), 166-169. doi: 10.1111/bioe.12093

RE: REASONS FOR ANONYMITY

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I want to suggest on few points on top of this discussion. Anonymity has proven a wide array of applications and especially to the online criminals. The primary reason why anonymity has become common is that peoples, primarily criminals, want to conduct their activities without being noticed freely. Every state has set standards, rules, policies, and statutes regarding internet use (Baker, 2014). Therefore, it means that whoever is caught conducting the irrelevant and illegal activity is subjected to the court of law. Therefore, due to this reason, criminals use anonymity to perform crimes without being detected freely. Alternatively, there are other cases whereby anonymity can be used for a better purpose. The current authors have been using anonymity, whereby they use a name different from the real name but famous in attracting many of the readers.

References

Baker, R. (2014). Against Anonymity. Bioethics, 28(4), 166-169. doi: 10.1111/bioe.12093

RE: REASONS FOR ANONYMITY

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I have read the discussion and found essential points. I want to strengthen the idea of the author by adding a few points regarding the reasons why there has been total anonymity, especially in the current tech-world. The act of anonymity has proven diverse applications both for better and worse. There have been several authors who use anonymity as a strategy in marketing their product. Sometimes, the author might have a name that is common and widely known, but it is not the original name (Baker, 2014). Therefore, they end up using the famous name rather than the original name for the interest of marketing. Alternatively, cybercriminals use the same anonymity in conducting illegal activities. The act of anonymity helps them in hiding the name, age, gender, origin, and all other identities that might reveal the criminal.

References

Baker, R. (2014). Against Anonymity. Bioethics, 28(4), 166-169. doi: 10.1111/bioe.12093

RE: REASONS FOR ANONYMITY

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I want to emphasize on the same concerning the act of anonymity. It is defined as an act of hiding the original name of an individual. The anonymity can be used in different dimensions. The act of anonymity is common on the internet platform. Online criminals tend to hide through not displaying information such as original name, age, and gender. Also, pseudo-anonymity is another variety of anonymity whereby an individual might use a different name rather than the actual one in identifying themselves (Baker, 2014). These are also common in authors who attempt to promote their works through creating another mostly known name that could attract a different broad spectrum of users. Generally, the act of anonymity can be used on different occasions for both good and bad intentions. Anonymity has been used over a long time, although it has shown immense growth in recent days.

References

Baker, R. (2014). Against Anonymity. Bioethics, 28(4), 166-169. doi: 10.1111/bioe.12093