(07-07-2010, 08:11 PM)Tal Wrote: Interesting blog postWhat I would like to see with this is a comparison of what can be found without the real name and what can be found with it. Possibly include various degrees in between. Like maybe have one that is only using a name the person uses on the forum. Then one where you have all the person's character names. Then finally one where you have the person's real name. I actually suspect that the guy in that blog post could find much the same information just with character names. People post about their characters all over the place. Twitter, facebook, forums, etc. For somebody like that who knows what they are doing it likely wouldn't be that hard to link everything and end up at the same endpoint.
My point isn't that RealId is good, bad, or anything really. I'm making no statement about that. My point is that these claims don't mean much when you don't have a comparison point of what a person can find without the RealId data.
edit: Though having the RealId does make it easier for somebody like an employer googling more likely to find you. So this doesn't affect that example. Just this specific one of somebody who knows how to find people doing so.