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Now no one will believe my real name is Gill Bates.
https://www.facebook.com/a.m.Jain.meenambakam/posts/for-othe...
Or these guys to get elected:
https://www.ranker.com/list/funny-politician-names/nathandav...
Essentially a marketplace where you can buy and sell prebuilt identities - complete with associated, aged, and populated social media accounts, email accounts, pictures, websites, etc.
I just like the idea of being different people online.
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Why would it be impossible online? You can pay anonnymously for Mullvad VPN, or use Tor, or open wifi. It's online that anonymity is even attainable.
What about signing in to apps which often uses a phone # and email? Also, betting on Tor is like betting there there are no 0-day exploits in browsers or Tor's network. Not a bet I would make.
But if I start writing things that catch the attention of the FBI? They'll figure things out quick enough.
Yes it's human nature to want things but, socially, one might learn to go without something if it's at odds with what someone else wants. If someone doesn't let me keep private things which I would prefer to keep private, unfortunately I will simply learn to avoid that person.
That's to say, "make a persona" is being offered as a panacea to when those around me don't allow for privacy but it is a panacea I would not choose.
https://twitter.com/adamjohnsonNYC?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7C...
Anonymity is impossible, especially online. About the best one can do is to engage in clever obfuscation though there's a benefit to creating multiple personas for online activity: it makes it easier to keep your silos of interest separated. It's not for everyone but it can be handy.
I'm not convinced that a plausible pseudonym is more privacy preserving than something that's obviously just made up. But it's not bad advice in general to post personal stuff on social media and blogs under a pseudonym if you want to be controversial.
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Why would it be impossible online? You can pay anonnymously for Mullvad VPN, or use Tor, or open wifi. It's online that anonymity is even attainable.
As always with a security discussion, it's about threat model. Preventing a random internet person from tying a particular nym to you is easy. Fooling a bunch of people is harder, but doable. Being a top-tier youtuber would probably be effectively impossible. And if your concern is nation states, well... good luck with anything.
Ah yes... I'm Skimmington Harborough, Esq., I come from a family that made its fortune in philanthropy generations ago. This seems like a pretty straightforward mechanism for covert operatives, to generate a believable (and memorizable) cover that pulls attention away and maintains coherence. That said, as someone who prizes ethical behavior, it's not possible to practice this and remain wholly honest without some so…
But it's even worse than that.
A persona won't even confer anonymity these days. So now you're dishonest and attributable.
"Oh, uh, ... that's my middle name."