Yeah, it blew my mind when I realized that they considered this to be appropriate behavior and not an over-eager employee trying to "help". In what universe is it reasonable for service providers to dox their users like that?
There are places online where I choose to use my name. (Most of them, actually.) When I choose not to, I do not expect to be overruled. The account lacked a name for years; they could have said "comply with our altered terms of service or delete your account", without making things worse in the meantime.
For that matter, if they now require this, why wasn't I prompted to edit it upon login after the change? If they want to enforce it, enforce it -- by making users respond. Not by going behind their backs.
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Yeah, it blew my mind when I realized that they considered this to be appropriate behavior and not an over-eager employee trying to "help". In what universe is it reasonable for service providers to dox their users like that?
There are places online where I choose to use my name. (Most of them, actually.) When I choose not to, I do not expect to be overruled. The account lacked a name for years; they could have said "comply with our altered terms of service or delete your account", without making things worse in the meantime.
For that matter, if they now require this, why wasn't I prompted to edit it upon login after the change? If they want to enforce it, enforce it -- by making users respond. Not by going behind their backs.