I’m curious why you think the encryption is bad? The information is still effectively public to anyone reading the post, the encryption purely makes it so search engines/searching the forum for “XNAME + Poly ” doesn’t return any results. Habryka’s comment explains why this info should be regarded as somewhat sensitive.
I agree that we should strive not to out people. But it’s problematic to use this obligation to let people avoid being known for ignoring their conflicts of interest.
As I said though, I’m not sure.
I’m curious why you think the encryption is bad? The information is still effectively public to anyone reading the post, the encryption purely makes it so search engines/searching the forum for “XNAME + Poly ” doesn’t return any results. Habryka’s comment explains why this info should be regarded as somewhat sensitive.
I agree that we should strive not to out people. But it’s problematic to use this obligation to let people avoid being known for ignoring their conflicts of interest.
As I said though, I’m not sure.