Request HN: Please add a post-anonymously checkbox

5 points by jeswin ↗ HN
Why?

Very soon, AI will be able to scour the internet to record against each person (with good enough accuracy) everything they've ever said online. It's not a capability that exists today at scale, but it's certainly coming. This can affect everything from jobs to health insurance premiums.

Example - jdoe: When I walked up the stairs last week I got a mild chest pain.

A year later when you file a claim, "Ah! Undisclosed preexisting medical condition. Is this you?"

HN could:

- Replace the username with "verified user". Maybe "2+ year-old account", "5+ year-old account" or "1k+ karma account" could be useful.

- Do not log/store the username or IP address or userid in the logs

I believe this is a pressing issue.

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