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Just use a name and username of someone else that's well known enough. Not like famous, but someone that shows up in enough search results. So that if someone
by SirMaster 3y ago
Just use a name and username of someone else that's well known enough. Not like famous, but someone that shows up in enough search results.
So that if someone tries to search about you, they are buried in all the noise and data of the other person.
- lagniappe 3y agoOr take it one step further and use a PURDAH https://www.reddit.com/r/nealstephenson/comments/czw5og/fall_or_dodge_in_hell_question_on_the/ez4ahkx/ https://www.reddit.com/r/nealstephenson/comments/czw5og/fall...
- WithinReason 3y agoYou mean the pre-election period in the United Kingdom between the announcement of an election and the formation of the new elected government? Or a religious and social practice of female seclusion prevalent among some Muslim and Hindu communities?
- lagniappe 3y agono, that's not what I mean.
- WithinReason 3y agoWhat did you mean?
- ghaff 3y agoThat's sort of security by obscurity though. As soon as someone gets a few IRL data points, anonymity can break down pretty quickly. Personally I mostly don't bother and will use a throwaway if I really feel compelled to post some comment I wouldn't want to be linked to me. (I know even that isn't foolproof but the threat model is mostly not wanting a statement attributed to me professionally--not hiding a crime.)