How is using your first and middle name a "pen name"
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Replying to @melissamcewen @KirinDave and
Quality of opsec should not be the criteria for right to pen name of any type. His first and middle name did not, until very recently, lead to his blog for many pages of Google searches. I know lots of people in vulnerable positions who enjoy similar obscurity protections.
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Replying to @zeynep @melissamcewen and
he literally published in academia under his real name as the Slate Star Codex guy you could call that a "failure of opsec", or you could just call it publishing Slate Star Codex stuff publicly under his real name his name has literally never been a secret
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Replying to @davidgerard @melissamcewen and
Everyone is confusing "I can find out" with top search result from name to blog. Not secret and your first Google result are very different. I did actually search his real name after the NYT brouhaha and no, it was buried many pages in. That's not a minor difference whatsovever.
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Replying to @zeynep @melissamcewen and
I find it hard to call this keeping it in any manner a secret https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wtQkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA235&lpg=PA235&dq=%22slate%20star%20codex%22 … there are strong arguments not to put his name in the NYT. but calling doing so "doxing" is just a lie. And Scott knew it was a lie.
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Replying to @davidgerard @melissamcewen and
Again, missing the point. The google search to blog is different.
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Replying to @zeynep @melissamcewen and
type "scott alex" in a private window. for most people who try this, the name comes up in suggestions.
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Replying to @davidgerard @melissamcewen and
Not before this. I had tried.
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Replying to @zeynep @davidgerard and
Be aware that your experience would not be universal at any given moment, even in a fresh browser context.
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Replying to @KirinDave @zeynep and
I'm just boggling that Scott could straightfacedly post that it was ever any sort of secret "doxing" is just a lie, and he knew this like, I personally kept it out of the RationalWiki article that otherwise bags the hell out of him, cos he'd been harassed at the hospital
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I don't think it matters. A NYT article will certainly alter the friction/visibility and that should not be done lightly. Only on the merits. I'm not against all de-anonymizations; but again, only on the merits.
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