[projectvrm] Google blesses anonymity

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Here's a piece from the Boston Globe...

<http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/09/03/online-good-guys-wear-masks/ZvyQQHcYPwrV7snzeumO0I/story.html>

... that sources Judith Donath, a colleague and friend at Berkman. Her new 
book is a beautiful thing as well.

The story has a line that only the existence of Facebook makes sensible: 
"Google Plus attracts just 300 million regular users..."

Anyway, while it's strange to find Google blessing anonymity, I think it's a 
helpful step that lowers some speed bumps on the path to market for VRM 
developments.

I am also sure that this change in Google policy is at least partly the 
result of the resistance raised by Kaliya and others to the company's wacky 
"real names" policy when Google+ went up. 
<http://www.identitywoman.net/googlereal-name-identity-woman>

Vindication is sweet, but still incomplete. :-)

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