Comments on: Anonymous Blogger? Think Again! http://www.blogherald.com/2009/06/18/anonymous-blogger-think-again/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:30:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fern @ Life on the Balcony http://www.blogherald.com/2009/06/18/anonymous-blogger-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1063899 Fern @ Life on the Balcony Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:16:17 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=12886#comment-1063899 Bradley--The test in right to privacy is generally NOT whether the person in question WANTS to keep something private. Rather it is whether the person had a reasonable expectation of privacy. I suspect (without reading the opinion) that the judge felt that because the police officer was publishing content in a very public forum that he did not have any reasonable expectation of privacy. Bradley–The test in right to privacy is generally NOT whether the person in question WANTS to keep something private. Rather it is whether the person had a reasonable expectation of privacy. I suspect (without reading the opinion) that the judge felt that because the police officer was publishing content in a very public forum that he did not have any reasonable expectation of privacy.

]]> By: Bradley http://www.blogherald.com/2009/06/18/anonymous-blogger-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1061765 Bradley Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:53:28 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=12886#comment-1061765 Sounds like a violation of the right to privacy to me. The work is published to the internet publicly, but the name is withheld, meaning the person wants to remain anonymous. That's the whole concept of posting anonymously. A person shouldn't be forced to reveal themselves any more than they should be forced to reveal their reading lists. On the other hand, I don't understand how he was forced into the open if he was posting anonymously. If a person truly is posting something that requires anonymity, they should do it from a public computer that requires no sign-up at random times. Or do it with a laptop that was paid for with cash from random public wi-fi spots. And... without using an e-mail address that has any other use. Maybe I'm missing something but it seems like he should've been able to hide out to me. Sounds like a violation of the right to privacy to me. The work is published to the internet publicly, but the name is withheld, meaning the person wants to remain anonymous. That’s the whole concept of posting anonymously. A person shouldn’t be forced to reveal themselves any more than they should be forced to reveal their reading lists.

On the other hand, I don’t understand how he was forced into the open if he was posting anonymously. If a person truly is posting something that requires anonymity, they should do it from a public computer that requires no sign-up at random times. Or do it with a laptop that was paid for with cash from random public wi-fi spots. And… without using an e-mail address that has any other use.

Maybe I’m missing something but it seems like he should’ve been able to hide out to me.

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