Locke DieDrake
Human Information Virus
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Posted - 2008.09.10 01:45:00 -
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 Originally by: Synapse Archae
Edited by: Synapse Archae on 09/09/2008 05:47:46
What if you could search an any character, deleted or not, and find all characters past and present who are either on the same account, or the account is owned by the same player? GTCs are the obvious way around this, but adding some identifier to GTCs wouldn't be that hard. A requirement to provide your name or your mailing address perhaps.
The player's real name or any RL information would not be shown, obviously, but all characters you control or have controlled would be permanently logged and shown as one linked group.
Some interesting benefits:
1. Spies have to actually go BE in the enemy alliance/corp instead of just using an alt. Raises the value and risk, and arguably the fun, of being a spy.
2. The end of alt-forum posting (yay)
3. Scammers would have to hide from or deal with the resulting reputation.
4. Enough trust could be built to support real banking and stocks.
Honestly I see very little bad that could come from it.
What does the forum think? Discuss.
I don't alt post and I always disclose my accounts to anyone I fly with so they know who not to shoot.
That being said, your idea won't work. Here is why.
A) there is now no verification that the data I put into the forms is accurate. In fact it's not, because it has no reason to be, so in my case, my multiple accounts have similar but not identical data.
B) I use prepaid cash cards to pay my sub right now, variously over the years I've used 3 different bank accounts and an actual credit card, only some of those have my real name on them. (in fact only one did)
C) I've moved 5 times since I started playing eve and all my mail goes to my PO box instead of my actual address because it's too much trouble to update all the time. If eve ever had my address, it would be out of date by now.
D) Even assuming some checks were put in place, nothing is fool proof and being that I now have years of expertise in the online marketplace, and access to 2 companies worth of credit cards, plus my personal accounts (under 2 different legal names) and then my friends and family... I'd have no trouble bypassing anything that CCP put in place. (and doesn't even begin to cover actually breaking the law, which opens up all kinds of other doors)
E) You can't use IPs and I shouldn't even have to begin to explain why. In short, they change, sometimes often.
F) You don't have any really valid reasons to force players to identify themselves. I'd resent it if you somehow forced it, and I'd probably provide false information as I often do because CCP has no valid reason to know who I am, where I live or pretty much anything else.
The only place online that has my real data is my bank, all the rest I use an alias with a forwarded post address that goes to a PO box that isn't registered in my name. Good luck.
Paranoid you say? I was a professional data miner for a while. You're data is not safe, I've probably already seen it in fact, and then I sold it to some ******* that spams you with it. Phone, mail, email, TXTmsg, IM, you name it. You'd be surprised who gives your data away, or sells it, or who is just crappy at web design and doesn't protect it. A few good examples.... Myspace (if you are over 18), Facebook, Photobucket, Imeem, Paypal (oh yeah), etc etc etc.
Lastly, if players were ASKED to disclose what accounts/alts they have, I'd cooperate. But don't think for a second you can force it. On that note, my main is Locke diedrake, my alt is Chloe diedrake (deviously clever disguise, I know), and my industrial is Tera Nok. There, you know all my accounts.
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