On 08/11/2018 10:01 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 08/11/2018 09:06 AM, Clayton wrote: >> This was my first DebConf and I chose not to offer my last name on the >> registration, or at any point during the conference, and nobody seemed >> bothered. I believe(?) there were some registrants who were entirely >> pseudonymous. If one does not want one's name exposed publicly in an >> online community, then just don't give a real name. > > What happens in case of an emergency then? Aren't organizers of large > events of this type required by law to keep lists of real name?
Why would they? > If, for example, an attendee of the conference has a serious accident > and other folk call emergency services, they will have a problem when > asked for the name and street address of an attendee.> Or, even worse, > if an attendee died, organizers will not be able to contact someone > from the circle of their family etc. For this kind of issues, there's government organizations like consulates and so on. > Or imagine an attendee commits a felony, you need to be able to > identify them as well. Talk to the police. > There are probably countless occasions where > it's simply not enough to identify as "trumpet232" at the registration > desk. I don't agree. That's not Debian's job to do the one of the police and other governmental organizations. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)