TimeWarner CNN doesn’t realize it but they have unwittingly opened up a can of worms.
I’m sure that any communications or search engine company can discover the identity of anyone they want to.
This Reddit guy was protected by a password. How could they discover his identity to threaten him if it’s password protected? They do it by putting facts together through the web. It’s why the web companies share intelligence with each other.
Mozilla may be a free web browser, for example, but they pass their browser intelligence to Google — and get richly paid for it.
This CNN wrestling controversy may be the first shot in a battle that will allow Americans to win back their internet privacy and lead to Do-Not-Follow-Me laws that will put a moneywrench in the email and internet spy machines.
We become very tired carrying around those who latch on to us as we surf the waves of the web. Even more distressing are the click bait sites which are rampant with virus, bugs, and worms. The net has found a way to discourage many subscribers - not only by a continuous “upgrading” in presentation, but the pop ups which are extremely annoying.
Still - it is (sadly) all we have any longer to keep us informed of just about anything we wish to know or to ask.
There are times, we’re certain there would be more privacy in changing clothes in a department store window.