Re: Deckchairs
If the price of anonymity is too high, then the price of The First Amendment is too high, because anonymity can easily be argued on Freedom of Speech grounds: attribution easily leads to squelching; this the "calls will be confidential" assurance.
As for personal information, they'll probably just find another way: probably by starting an offshoot or something that makes collecting the information essential to their operation. Well, either that or get a new government voted in. Look what we got now.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
