Really anonymous?

It’s easy to hide behind a computer screen, people do it all the time.

Anonymity is something that in the digital world, we face on a daily basis, not only the anonymity of the person but also where they are and what they’re doing at that exact moment, we will all remain anonymous until such a time when it is no longer required to do so.

Email surveys are taking the place of paper surveys as people no longer feel the need to fill them out on paper and hand them in, which significantly decreases the level of anonymity greatly   people would be able to tell who it was who gave in a certain survey and skew the answers or opinions based on a persons like or disinterest for the person.

People who answer things online do so because they choose to remain anonymous.

Anonymity is something we cherish in our society, due to social media we are always in the public eye no matter how anonymous we try to be.

When websites claim to be anonymous, are they really? No. Decryption is easy assuming the person running it knows the passwords and understands the method of encryption used. This being said, would it not be easy enough for someone to just decrypt the entire thing and suddenly force the opinion of these people out into cyberspace for the world to see forever?

Absolutely, in fact it’s almost too easy, with everything online these days it’s very easy for someone to trace an IP address and suddenly everything and anything is accessible.

 But do we really care?

Are we so caught up in the ease of posting something seemingly anonymously on the Internet that we do not seem to care what we say? There is a brave front that we put on when we think it is safe to post something you wouldn’t say to someone directly or say something that nobody would expect to hear. That sense of anonymity is what keeps the society going but could also hurt in a variety of ways.

Stating opinions that could shape politics that could shape the way someone sees the world is something we should not be taking as lightly as we are but we do not seem to be able to shake the idea of. 

We seem to be addicted to hiding behind our computer screens, this is not a good thing. This phenomenon of anonymity is not the only thing we see this in, we also see it in our lack of ability talk on the telephone and hold a conversation. With the advent of technology it is becoming easier and easier to not talk to people, digital commerce is becoming the way of the future and there is no real way of stopping it now.

In conclusion I feel that anonymity is not what we think it is, in fact it is a false non existent front which we hide behind in hopes that no one will track us down for speaking our minds.