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Originally Posted by Norm Peterson
Might be a bit difficult to establish such a link even if something unfortunate actually did happen that way.
Another way to look at it goes like this: How many people ever volunteer their license plate number in casual conversation among friends? ("I drove my Camaro with license plate #AYZ 123 to last year's Fest and I'll be going again this year" . . . Really?) Why should a virtual gathering such as Camaro5 be considered to be any different? (I'll be driving this car to the Fest in a day or two <insert picture with visible plate numbers>) Yes, tweaking a picture requires you to do something to hide such information where in spoken conversation the default of not mentioning it hides it. But it's still more information than necessary if left visible.
Norm
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I don't tell people my plate number when I'm talking to them because a) it would be awkward to just insert a random alpha-numeric string into a conversation and b) I don't have it memorized anyway. I'm not hiding it from them. There is a big difference between not sharing something & intentionally hiding it. I don't share who my grade 4 teach was in general conversation, but I'm not hiding that information. If I'm hiding something, I'll deny that it never happened, or make up a web of lies to concealit, or reach an 'agreement' with anyone else involved to not let that information get out (if not all 3), or in some other way make an active effort to hide the information. Simply keeping my mouth shut about it isn't enough to constitute hiding.
Back to plates .... I were trying to hide my license plate in the real world, I would have to remove any public connection between me & that plate. Which means that I could never be seen driving my car. I also couldn't park my car at work, or leave it in the driveway at night, or when I visit family & friends (unless I take measures to conceal my plates when my car is parked).
That would be hiding them. But keeping 'PL8 NUM' to myself in conversation? Thats just being normal.