Australia is heading for requiring users of dating apps to prove their legal identities.

I understand the importance of keeping out threats and contempt, but just as Facebook's real name requirement is oppressive, so will the dating app real name requirement be.

Of course, all these sites treat their users unjustly in another way: by requiring each user to run a nonfree program. The internet is likely to transform into a system for rigid repression. I hope we can keep some corners of it safe from repression.