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I think facebook and twitter pushed too hard for people to post everything publicly under their real name. Now we are seeing a shift back to made up usernames a

I think facebook and twitter pushed too hard for people to post everything publicly under their real name. Now we are seeing a shift back to made up usernames and private publishing. I don't know many people who share anything publicly but we all share constantly in private IM groups. For most sites I don't bother remembering a password. I just sign up every time I need to log in which keeps my accounts young enough that there isn't a significant backlog to trawl through and identify me.

TheSpiceIsLife 6y ago
> all share constantly in private IM groups. Are you certain these groups are private? E2E and no meta data leak? > isn't a significant backlog to trawl through and identify me. Are you that confident in your OpSec? No browser fingerprinting, GUID, IP address, location data? Surely the alphabet soup agencies profile HN users.
- theshrike79 6y ago
  It all depends on your threat model, like always. If your threat modelling includes Mossad, FSB and CIA, by all means do take E2E encryption and metadata into consideration every time you communicate with someone in any way. For most of us it's just selecting a group of people who know what is a joke or hyperbole in the current context. I've typed out some weird stuff in Telegram and Discord chats I wouldn't want my family or employer to see out of context. But my threat model doesn't include my employer or my suing Telegram or Discord for my chat logs, so I don't worry about it.
iso1210 6y ago
Back in the 90s it was fairly normal to use your real name on usenet - some even included real phone numbers and contact details in their .sigs