Remove "Clear previous aliases"

[shak59]

Previous aliases was one of the best indicators of a scammer or person of disrepute.

If they can just clear it, how else will we now know?

Remove "Clear previous aliases" so they can live with their decisions.

[Brian9824]

While it CAN be used to scam, I don't see any reason why everyone should be punished for a fringe case that is already common sense. Most people who are smart enough to check for previous alias's wouldn't fall for a scam anyways.

Furthermore people have the right to be able to clear a bad name they made when they were younger for instance

[Lilim]

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Remove "Clear previous aliases"

No, I don't think it should be removed.

İlk olarak Brian9824 tarafından gönderildi:

Furthermore people have the right to be able to clear a bad name they made when they were younger for instance

Indeed .

Scammers often change the name of a hijacked account to include fake ban messages. People should be able to remove them from their name history after recovering their account.

[Brian9824]

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Scammers often change the name of a hijacked account to include fake ban messages. People should be able to remove them from their name history after recovering their account.

Ah yep, not to mention imagine if someone supported a political party then changed their mind and had a name that reflected that.

[Ettanin]

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Previous aliases was one of the best indicators of a scammer or person of disrepute.

If they can just clear it, how else will we now know?

Remove "Clear previous aliases" so they can live with their decisions.

The GDPR right to erasure says no. Past names are not necessary to provide standard features.

[shak59]

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İlk olarak shak59 tarafından gönderildi:

Previous aliases was one of the best indicators of a scammer or person of disrepute.

If they can just clear it, how else will we now know?

Remove "Clear previous aliases" so they can live with their decisions.

The GDPR right to erasure says no. Past names are not necessary to provide standard features.

Alias is not a name and is not covered by GDPR.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

İlk olarak shak59 tarafından gönderildi:

Remove "Clear previous aliases"

Previous aliases was one of the best indicators of a scammer or person of disrepute.

If they can just clear it, how else will we now know?

Remove "Clear previous aliases" so they can live with their decisions.

Valve added the clearing of aliases back in Sept 2018, another thing for GDPR compliance.

Aliases don't mean anything anyways.

[Ettanin]

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The GDPR right to erasure says no. Past names are not necessary to provide standard features.

Alias is not a name and is not covered by GDPR.

the alias is a name and as such identifying information

[shak59]

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Alias is not a name and is not covered by GDPR.

the alias is a name and as such identifying information

If alias was a name it would be called name not alias. Usernames are excluded from GDPR.

[rawWwRrr]

I'd prefer that there wasn't a history, although at times I can see the benefit of it.

[The Commendatore]

What's stopping me from looking at a user's post history to check out older quotes that show their previous aliases?

[Tito Shivan]

İlk olarak shak59 tarafından gönderildi:

Previous aliases was one of the best indicators of a scammer or person of disrepute.

You're a long way away from home, Dorothy...

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Aliases don't mean anything anyways.

:nkCool:

Take that button away and people will simply cycle away their old names, as they used to do before.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

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İlk olarak cSg|mc-Hotsauce tarafından gönderildi:

Aliases don't mean anything anyways.

Take that button away and people will simply cycle away their old names, as they used to do before.

Yup! Bump the old ones out.

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[shak59]

BETTER IDEA!

Just note in their activity log that they cleared aliases when they do it.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

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BETTER IDEA!

Just note in their activity log that they cleared aliases when they do it.

Why do you need to know when anyone did anything to their profile?

[rawWwRrr]

So much interest in those that just want some privacy.