EVE General Discussion

I don't think the difference would be all that big. My corp CEO has at least enough information about me to narrow my identity down to a range of ~20 persons. And, let's be real, digi probably knows what I'm going to have for dinner tonight before I do.

On the flipside I know the real-life identities of several people I have played with at one point or another - not all of which I am on great terms with today.

Everybody knows The Mittani's real-life identity. But has this ever stopped him from acting the way he does?

Rather different. From what I have heard, the midget guys who ride racing horses get laid like tile.

Since unicorns can only be ridden by virgins, it would present a bit of an issue. They'd have to recruit from Reddit fairly heavily I imagine.

Digi told me the other day that the pork tenderloin I was defrosting would be better served with kale, lentils and shallots instead of roasted potatoes. It helped!

I think you need a nap and your meds.

Sea!

Evvy dense that Dawnsdeal Parashute is rite!

the nule carttile are tri ying to droog us!

I'm guessing you have been doing the tutorial for a very long time.

There is no such thing as "internet anonymity". It's a fallacy. It never existed.

Lets start at the basics. CCP has your name, CC number and IP address(es). They know who you are. Failing that, they know who bought the plex that you used to subscribe.

Further, an IP address and a time stamp is all it takes to get a name, address and another CC#, from your ISP. I don't even need a subpoena anymore. Yes, you or anyone else with a couple brain cells can send an identity request to most major ISP and most of them just respond without legal verification.

Now, many of you are thinking "but I can use __________" or " I only log in from the college network" or something to this effect. Proxies anyone? Yeah... you're misguided. First, because you can't actually play eve through the VAST majority of proxies. Some are banned by CCP, most just have too much latency. Second, because computer networks are terribly simple creatures. They ALWAYS identify who they are talking to, and it's just a simple matter of matching up logs to find out who did what. Seriously guys, it's not even hard.

So the real question you meant to ask is, what would happen if you HAD to put your real identity on your character and make it public. Because it's already "privately" known in pretty much every single user case.

Right now, it comes down to how motivated someone is to find you, and how much legal ground they can stand on. I can file a lawsuit, frivolous and stupid, claiming 1$ in damages and that gives me the legal right to subpoena your records. At which point I know everything about you I need to know, and I can drop the suit. This cost me about $50. And I'm no one in particular. If a law enforcement, or government, or large company wants to know who you are, and your eve identity, I assure you, it's not even remotely hard for them to get it.

Think about it. You aren't anonymous. You just aren't unmasked yet.

NOTE: I'm aware this wasn't really the question you asked, and I respect that, but I consider it a public server to inform people that their ideas of what constitutes anonymous are usually rather wrong.

I'm a nice guy that keeps to myself and helps out when I can. The removal of my anonymity would not affect anything because in Eve I am a nice guy that keeps to myself and helps out when I can.

Pfft. Digi told me it was time to cook the calamari rings that were approaching the end of their storage life in the bottom of the chest freezer.

I'm not even a Goon.

And I never bought calamari rings.

People can find you now if they are really determined.