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I agree, in the end probably everyone is identifiable and it depends on who's after you. I meant it on a more "superficial" level eg. them not having your clear

• intopieces 10y ago
  That makes sense. But I do think we use the word 'anonymous' too often when we talk about the Internet, and it leads people to believe, falsely, that if they don't log in to a website then no one ever knows they've visited. Quite the contrary. Imagine, as someone mentioned elsewhere in this thread I think, if the adtrackers got hacked. What might it reveal about you? If someone threatened to email your boss your entire browsing history, how much would you pay to prevent that? What if it was being sent to you wife? Your mother? What if it were being broadcast to the world at large? These hacks are a dime-a-dozen. Everyone sees Ashley Madison hacks or xHamster hacks and thinks, 'well that's not me. I don't go to those sites.' But it very well could be you. Or worse, someone could falsely claim it was you...