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I feel like this is obvious with a major caveat. You and I agree. Don’t use social media and this won’t be a problem. I think the disadvantages outweigh. But…

I feel like this is obvious with a major caveat. You and I agree. Don’t use social media and this won’t be a problem. I think the disadvantages outweigh. But… what about when Hackernews or Reddit or Discord whatever formerly anonymous some-degree-of-social-network is made not so anonymous? I have a Reddit account that I’ve surely said things if someone was motivated they could make life hard for me - true things - but who cares about that anymore? It’s not the same thing, but we might not be sure in what ways they are similar.

100011_100001 5y ago
It depends what your risk appetite is. I see it as layers. So an organization with skill and motivation, like government agencies vs some specific person with a limited skillset and motivation Who are you trying to "hide" from? Simply having a different username for each website helps with that. Personally for Facebook / Linkedin I never list my current employer. Enough of a layer to make it harder to track my employer for the casual lookup, but not impossible given enough time/money/competency. I really like this graphic about what level of security you want vs who you are trying to protect from: https://anonymousplanet.org/media/image3.jpeg https://anonymousplanet.org/media/image3.jpeg