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0 pointswalterbell5y ago0 comments

How about the term "unauthenticated", which is well understood for HTTP requests?

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Well, IMO the definition of the word "anonymous" still fits how personal information is handled in Briefing: "Anonymity describes situations where the acting person's name is unknown" [1] And this is true regarding the Briefing service.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymity

inanutshellus5y ago

Heh, well you cherry-picked there. It goes on to say ". The important idea here is that a person be non-identifiable, unreachable, or untrackable."

Regardless, it's Wikipedia, that definition ought to be fixed to say "identity" rather than "name".

walterbellOP5y ago

For online transactions, "name" has been generalized to PII (Personally Identifiable Information) from which name can often be derived.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_data

asjw5y ago

An anonymous user is precisely the one who hasn't provided authentication credentials

> Anonymous User is any user who accesses network resources without providing a username or password.

Se anonymous is correct in this context

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