Anonymous Communications on the Internet: Uses and Abuses

互联网上的匿名通信：使用和滥用

• 批准号: 9529238
• 负责人: Albert Teich
• 金额: $ 8.7万
• 依托单位: American Association for the Advancement of Science
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-05-01 至 1998-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9529238&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Anonymous; Communications; Internet; Uses; Abuses

This project explores through several inter-related activities the uses and abuses of anonymous communications on the internet. The benefits and drawbacks of anonymous computer communication are just now beginning to be examined, an examination rendered more difficult by the fact that the value of anonymous communication in a non-networked environment is itself a matter of debate. Nevertheless, a growing number of computer and network professionals, lawyers, social scientists, and ethicists agree that anonymity is an important issue that needs to be addressed from a variety of perspectives. Building on an earlier project focusing on the ethical, legal, and technological aspects of computer and network use and abuse, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) plans to develop 1)criteria setting forth contexts in which anonymous communications are desirable (to be encouraged), permissible (to be tolerated), or undesirable (to be discouraged), and 2) preliminary guidelines for those situations where anonymity is to be either encouraged or tolerated. AAA will conduct several interrelated activities: 1) background information and guidance will be provided through commissioned papers on such topics as the individual and social uses and ramifications of anonymous communications, legal issues regarding anonymity, and the current and anticipated technical capabilities pertinent to anonymity on the net; 2) development of case studies based on individual experiences with anonymity; 3) convening of focus groups to frame issues for a two-day conference at which invited individuals from a variety of professional backgrounds and perspectives will discuss criteria and guidelines that can form the basis for normative and legal standards regarding anonymity. Results will be disseminated in a number of forms, including the World Wide Web page.

该项目通过几个相互关联的活动探讨了互联网上匿名通信的使用和滥用。 匿名计算机通信的优点和缺点刚刚开始被检查，检查变得更加困难，因为在非网络环境中匿名通信的价值本身就是一个有争议的问题。 尽管如此，越来越多的计算机和网络专业人士、律师、社会科学家和伦理学家都认为匿名是一个重要的问题，需要从各种角度加以解决。美国科学促进会（AAAS）计划在早期的一个项目的基础上，重点关注计算机和网络使用和滥用的伦理、法律的和技术方面，制定1）规定匿名通信可取的环境的标准（to be encouraged）允许的（被容忍），或不受欢迎（被劝阻），和2）匿名是鼓励或容忍的情况下的初步指导方针。 美国匿名协会将开展若干相互关联的活动：（1）将通过委托编写的关于匿名通信的个人和社会用途及其影响、关于匿名的法律的问题以及与网上匿名有关的当前和预期技术能力等专题的文件提供背景资料和指导;（2）根据个人在匿名方面的经验开展个案研究; 3）召集焦点小组，为为期两天的会议确定议题，来自各种专业背景和观点的受邀人士将在会上讨论标准和准则，这些标准和准则可构成匿名方面的规范性和法律的标准的基础。 将以包括万维网网页在内的多种形式传播结果。