6th July 2010, 9:48 PM
EdenMaster Wrote:Oh, also, I'm part of another gaming community, mostly centered around online FPS games. Most of them know my name and city. I'd say about 10 people there have my address (and I theirs. We exchanged Christmas Cards this December). I've met a couple of them in person and have established a relationship with a woman I met through this community, which stemmed from a visit she made while in the area.
Once again. Yet to be murdered. My life has, in fact, been enriched by my willingness to share with people.
Having someone's name is not equal to owning their soul. If someone walked up to me on the street with a smile, extended a handshake, and asked my name, they can have it. You're just paranoid.
Read my post above. Some people aren't actually being paranoid and there is real risk to them, and others just value their privacy for privacy's sake. It's not some company's place to say whether or not people should value it, it's up to each person.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)