This is absolutely correct. Companies are bought and sold along with their data, and the new owners are not necessarily bound by the agreements or motives of th

This is absolutely correct. Companies are bought and sold along with their data, and the new owners are not necessarily bound by the agreements or motives of their predecessor. Us users generally have no say in the matter. EULA's that appear to promise a bit of privacy, are usually riddled with loopholes. Identity is a liability, and a favor that we offer to our peers in order to simplify communication. It does not benefit the person being identified, so much. If I cannot have the identities of the people and projects who consume my data, then I will operate as a fresh, expendable identity.