the.com/anonymity
The freedom to be judged on what you say, not who you are.
means The state of not being known or identifiable by name to others.
from Traces back to Greek anōnymia, built from an- ('without') and onyma/onoma ('name') — literally 'namelessness.' The word passed through Late Latin into English, keeping its blunt original sense intact: to be anonymous is simply to go nameless, a mask made of absence rather than disguise.
- etymology
- from Greek anonymia, without a name
- internet law
- reveals character faster than real names do
- paradox
- protects both whistleblowers and trolls equally well
- legal status
- not a guaranteed right, just a fragile convention