Man with Muslim name blocked from registering for Epic Games Paragon beta

[fuzzyfungus]

What seems particularly foolish(and, when it bites some poor random guy, ‘foolish’ is not merely a defect of intellect) is that the US Treasury list of Specially Designated Nationals provides much greater detail than just a name; so using a name-based block is both far too broad(Hey, let’s block the intersection of “everyone named ‘Khan’ because the mongols conquered all the things” and “Everyone named ‘Muhammad’ because Islam”!) and far too toothless(spoofing a name being pretty trivial).

There is a Muhammad Khan, possibly several, on The List; but additional details are available:

KHAN, Mohammad Naushad Alam (a.k.a. KHAN, Muhammad Nawshad Alam;
a.k.a. KHAN, Muhammad Nowshad Alam; a.k.a. KHAN, Naushad Aalam;
a.k.a. KHAN, Rahat Hasan); DOB 10 Aug 1971; alt. DOB Dec 1970; POB
Karachi, Pakistan; Passport YZ4107191 (Pakistan) issued 15 Apr 2008
expires 14 Apr 2013; alt. Passport Booklet: A6169832 (Pakistan);
alt. Passport YZ4107192 (Pakistan) issued 19 Feb 2009 expires 18
Feb 2014; alt. Passport Booklet: A8235074 (Pakistan); National ID
No. 4200004347195 (Pakistan); alt. National ID No. 50492460414
(Pakistan); Holder of a Pakistan passport; Holder of a Bangladesh
passport (individual) [SDGT].

KHAN, Mohammed (a.k.a. KHAN, Asad; a.k.a. KHAN, Haji Asad; a.k.a.
MOHADMMADHASNI, Asad Khan; a.k.a. MOHAMMADHASNI, Haji Asad Khan;
a.k.a. MOHAMMADHASNI, Haji Asad Khan Zarkari; a.k.a. MOHMMADHASNI,
Asad Khan; a.k.a. MUHAMMADHASNI, Asad Khan; a.k.a. ZARKARI, Asad
Khan; a.k.a. “ASAD, Haji”; a.k.a. “HAJI ABDULLAH”), Nimroz,
Afghanistan; Kabul, Afghanistan; Karachi, Pakistan; Basalani,
Afghanistan; Balochistan, Pakistan; Dubai, United Arab Emirates;
DOB 01 Jan 1955; POB Nimroz, Afghanistan; citizen Afghanistan;
Passport OR1126692 (Afghanistan) (individual) [SDNTK].

KHAN, Muhammad Nawshad Alam (a.k.a. KHAN, Mohammad Naushad Alam;
a.k.a. KHAN, Muhammad Nowshad Alam; a.k.a. KHAN, Naushad Aalam;
a.k.a. KHAN, Rahat Hasan); DOB 10 Aug 1971; alt. DOB Dec 1970; POB
Karachi, Pakistan; Passport YZ4107191 (Pakistan) issued 15 Apr 2008
expires 14 Apr 2013; alt. Passport Booklet: A6169832 (Pakistan);
alt. Passport YZ4107192 (Pakistan) issued 19 Feb 2009 expires 18
Feb 2014; alt. Passport Booklet: A8235074 (Pakistan); National ID
No. 4200004347195 (Pakistan); alt. National ID No. 50492460414
(Pakistan); Holder of a Pakistan passport; Holder of a Bangladesh
passport (individual) [SDGT].

KHAN, Muhammad Nowshad Alam (a.k.a. KHAN, Mohammad Naushad Alam;
a.k.a. KHAN, Muhammad Nawshad Alam; a.k.a. KHAN, Naushad Aalam;
a.k.a. KHAN, Rahat Hasan); DOB 10 Aug 1971; alt. DOB Dec 1970; POB
Karachi, Pakistan; Passport YZ4107191 (Pakistan) issued 15 Apr 2008
expires 14 Apr 2013; alt. Passport Booklet: A6169832 (Pakistan);
alt. Passport YZ4107192 (Pakistan) issued 19 Feb 2009 expires 18
Feb 2014; alt. Passport Booklet: A8235074 (Pakistan); National ID
No. 4200004347195 (Pakistan); alt. National ID No. 50492460414
(Pakistan); Holder of a Pakistan passport; Holder of a Bangladesh
passport (individual) [SDGT].

If we really can’t afford to have our advanced 3rd-person shooter technology making its way into the hands of Mahometan foreigners, we should probably be verifying passports or other state IDs. If we are actually only worried about a small number of slightly cryptic Pakistani guys(who, for irony’s sake, may well be ISI-linked and thus officially our Freedom Buddies), then we should probably be using a different mechanism.

[agger_modspil]

Do not do business with unpersons.

 #policestate #1984

[NickSay]

Maybe a future strong AI will decide that all the meatbags need to be cared for (or exterminated) equally.

Our differences couldn’t be more trivial to an entity so removed from tribalism.

Until true artificial intelligence is achieved we’ll be surrounded by racist algorithms thanks to GIGO

[clevername]

Apparently Big Brother hates people who have been indicted for war crimes by UN tribunals.

[shaddack]

@Fang

The bad guys will not, in fact, always get what they want. Sanctions are one of the few ways organisations like the UN can force bad actors to the negotiating table - other than war.

For what price? The screwed ones will be the ordinary people at the bottom end. And no, I don’t believe the Toad-faced Warmonger’s assertion that the dead Iraqi civilians resulting from the sanctions were “worth it”.

@Fang

Proxies and stuff like that can be used for individual items but the inconvenience builds up.

Another reason for decentralized means of production, and for as much hightech capabilities to be available easily as possible. To reduce the fallout effect on the civilians when one politico dislikes another politico and decides that sanctions are a “good idea” again.

@Fang

Remember that the blockade of the South more than any other factor ended slavery in the US.

Long live blockade runners of all kinds.

@fuzzyfungus

If we really can’t afford to have our advanced 3rd-person shooter technology making its way into the hands of Mahometan foreigners, we should probably be verifying passports or other state IDs.

And deny sales also to anybody who knows the “unpersons”, to avoid resale/transfer.

@clevername

Apparently Big Brother hates people who have been indicted for war crimes by UN tribunals.

That’s not a reason to force private people and companies to become cops and police who is “our bastard” and who is not.

[clevername]

@shaddack

That’s not a reason to force private people and companies to become cops and police who is “our bastard” and who is not.

It is, however, a reason for agger_modspil to think twice before posting content-free knee-jerk Orwell allusions followed by nonfunctional hashtags.

[shaddack]

@clevername

It is, however, a reason for agger_modspil to think twice before posting content-free knee-jerk Orwell allusions followed by nonfunctional hashtags.

I’d say he’s quite on the spot.