While I agree that total privacy/anonymity is almost impossible, “pretty good” privacy in practice can be achieved through obscurity. For example, you could find my full name by following two links, but most people won’t bother. (If you do, please don’t post it here.)
Absolutely. But you know you are relying on obscurity and relatively modest cost there, and you keep that in mind when you comment. Which is fine. Whereas if you thought that it was secure and breaking it came at a high cost (though it was in fact ~5 seconds of effort away), you might make comments you would not otherwise. Which is less fine.
While I agree that total privacy/anonymity is almost impossible, “pretty good” privacy in practice can be achieved through obscurity. For example, you could find my full name by following two links, but most people won’t bother. (If you do, please don’t post it here.)
Absolutely. But you know you are relying on obscurity and relatively modest cost there, and you keep that in mind when you comment. Which is fine. Whereas if you thought that it was secure and breaking it came at a high cost (though it was in fact ~5 seconds of effort away), you might make comments you would not otherwise. Which is less fine.