Re-Anonymizing Digital Identity
Social media has largely unmasked what were previously pseudonymous digital identities. That movement might be about to reverse in a big way.
Twenty years ago or so I signed up for my first email address. It was with Yahoo. I told Yahoo my name was “Mike Stevenson.” My name is not Mike Stevenson. Even as a dumb teenager, there was something about internet connectivity that made me put a guard up. I wanted some discretion or anonymity in my online activities even at 15 years old.
When I discov…
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