Comment by FineEconomy5271 on 05/02/2025 at 18:59 UTC

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View submission: Are you *really* anonymous here?

A dedicated person could narrow down who I am in real life. It takes surprisingly little information to de-anonymize someone[1]. I abandoned a long-time account last year because it had too many clues in it.

1: https://archive.nytimes.com/bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/29/with-a-few-bits-of-data-researchers-identify-anonymous-people/

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Comment by GeekyGrannyTexas at 05/02/2025 at 20:00 UTC

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Good article, and it's likely still easier now than it was when that was written.