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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

On the other hand, here on LoT there are few of you that I don't know personally, so privacy in some ways has already been forfieted.

I think what troubles me most about this kind of thing is that the lines between home and work are getting fuzzy and the workplace is creeping more into the home and limiting speach in ways governments cannot

Meeting people from the boards is not forfeiting your privacy. You can choose to stay a screen-name and never meet anybody in real life. I think requiring your real name and address would indeed be the end of message boards. Possibly if it were closed, only accessible to members... no, not even then. There are too many wack jobs in cyberspace, and I don't want them being able to look up where I live. I have tried very hard to keep a low cyber-profile.

It's a conveniance sometimes to be able to find people through directory assistance or the web, but if a friend can find me, so can a wacko. Not a happy prospect. Luckily I'm not the type that people look up, nor am I worthy of note on the 'net.

I think if companies get bent out of shape over what people do in their off time they'd have few employees. Maybe if something comes to their attention, but really, if you go looking? A whole lot of us have skeletons in our closets. I've probably got enough for a chorus line.

I'm sure it's happening, but there does need to be a limit.