Display Asterisk Name for Anonymous User

Overview

Note :

• We can distinguish 2 type of users : Anonymous User and Regular User
• Anonymous user is user who want his name not to be displayed in the review section, so he want to change his name to asterisk character
• Regular User is user who want his name to be displayed with his real name (No Changes)

Objective

• Enhance user privacy and security by anonymizing reviewer names on the review section (on the store page)
• Replace actual reviewer names with anonymized versions using asterisks (for Anonymous user).

Possibilities

Gain

• Mitigate the risk of malicious actors targeting reviewers based on their identities.
• Reviewer's (Anonymous) name will still be readable and recognizable without revealing their full identity.
• Distinguish between different reviewers.

Pain

• The name that is too short (<= 2 letters) is not suitable to be anonymized (asterisk). Would it be better in the future if there is a requirement for the minimum length of the name to register?

Goals & Success Metrics

What are the goals or objectives of this product? What are the success metrics that indicate the goals have been achieved?

User can choose whether his name is displayed in asterisk character or not. if user want his name not to be displayed on the review section. user can turn off the switch button "Show name on your review".

• Anonymize a name while retaining the first and last letters, and replace the letters in between with asterisks. Example : (John Doe ➝ J**n D*e)
• If the user has 2 letters on his/her name, replace only the last letter with an asterisk. Example : (Jo Mo ➝ J* M*)
• If the user has a letter in his/her name, there is no need to replace the name with an asterisk. Example:
  • J M ➝ J M
  • John D ➝ J**n D

FAQ & Considerations

Who could change his name to asterisks name?

• User who turn off the switch button "Show name on your review"

Timeline

Sprint TBD