In my experience as a former astronaut, international spy, and traveler to half the countries in the world, the jury is still out.
Nice try, Jasha, but you were a cosmonaut; not an astronaut.
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#42This is an AI-generated article on an obvious spam blog that also features such bangers as "Best VPNs in 2026 for privacy and security", "Best crypto hardware wallets in 2026", etc. I'll still engage because I guess that's what we do on HN right now. If you have a single, stable online identity, it doesn't matter how much noise you inject, simply because you can't avoid linking that identity to yourself - through the…
I understand you don't mean this in bad faith and are just trying to protect the internet from slop. I just want to say that there is a human behind all of these articles. My intent is not to "spam," but to share what I think are the best practices for better privacy and security. I hope I am helping some people, at least.
41 or more of your 61 submissions since 4 months were self promotion.
Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity.[1]
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Not everyone wants to wear a mask in public. Yet you'll find exactly nobody walking around, in public, with all of this information on their shirt. People seem to treat the internet as safer than real life public.
It is common to find all of those in real life "forums", like conferences and meetups: name and company on the badge are very common, and rough location is typically easily deducible.
This is mostly the "the sociability/sanity filter that exists in their immediate circle" I was referring to.
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#44I had to quit Large Penis Club, the parking lots were too small for my automobile.
You didn't quit, we kicked you out for breaking the first rule of Large Penis Club.
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#46I just checked a popular data broker and it seems they have my name associated with one relative's phone number and another relative's address. I don't think I need to plant anything.