[tor-talk] giving up pseudonymity after collecting experiences with pseudonymous project development

[Nathan Suchy]

I only use anonymity when I don't want data to be stored about me. I trust
Google and this domain is hosted with Google Apps for Business (nsuchy.net).
I use TBB as my real incognito browser.
On Jan 18, 2014 8:26 AM, "Patrick Schleizer" <adrelanos at riseup.net> wrote:

> You may have noticed that I, previously known only known under the
> pseudonym adrelanos, decided to give up my pseudonymity. It was an
> interesting experience to pseudonymously maintain a Linux distribution
> (Whonix). I've learned a lot during these ~ 2 years.
>
> I didn't have too bad luck in the lottery of life and are won a
> citizenship, which is at low risk compared to less lucky ones. Living in
> a country, where pseudonymity for this kind of activity isn't crucial.
> Fortunately, according to latest press, neither the US nor Germany are
> killing their own citizen for criticizing "the system". That is, the
> mass surveillance police state, the military industrial complex, the
> system of economy, that needs exponential growth to prevent imploding.
> And so it doesn't become even worse, and better for the less lucky ones,
> it is important to speak out in public and to take action.
>
> Staying pseudonymous for such a long time became more and more a burden.
> For me, it is not healthy for psychology. When pseudonymously working a
> a project, you cannot tell anyone about it and they're wondering with
> what you never tell much. You need to constantly second guess every tiny
> action. Concentrate on not messing up. Also you'll never know if you
> already messed up and if "they" already know who you are. You only need
> to mess up once, and you're always linked to that project. Lucky me, I
> wasn't forced to stay pseudonymous for ever.
>
> I am looking forward to continue contributing to the awesome Free (as in
> freedom) Software community. Being no longer pseudonymous allows me to
> speak at conferences, to attend key singing parties, to meet up with
> other developers, to voice chat with other developers, to chat on IRC
> without fear of leaking too much information, to be less paranoid,
> sometimes even running searches in clearnet if that is more convenient,
> and so forth.
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