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Friday Squid Blogging: Vegan Squid-Ink Pasta

It is a simple idea but probably never seen before, since it is the opposite of what most people usually want: website owners want the most data they can get and players want to choose their username/avatar.
In the context of privacy, doxing and child-friendly websites, I believe this is the least amount of players' information needed to keep a leaderboard interesting.
I am posting it here hoping that people may find the concept useful and fit for other purposes.


This Cyber News was published on www.schneier.com. Publication date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 22:43:03 +0000


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