There's an easier solution, we call it "my friend Ivan". I have a friend, Ivan, who lives somewhere in the world - he's notoriously reticent about his location

There's an easier solution, we call it "my friend Ivan". I have a friend, Ivan, who lives somewhere in the world - he's notoriously reticent about his location, and only communicates over OTR at strange times. Whenever I want to get some research done, I ask him if he happens to know this or that fact about this or that copyrighted database. I then cite him as a source if anyone has any questions.