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> Have you considered simply not using a username that ties back to your real identity?

I assumed it's been Internet 101 for several years now. To the point I don't remember when I used my real name on the Internet. And whenever I do, it must be a really important and a well thought-out reason.

Moreover, I use a different nickname for every service so that if someone looks up dvfjsdhgfv they will only find HN and HN-related posts.

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>I assumed it's been Internet 101 for several years now.

people can be extremely naïve.

It has also been a problem with people who make content on platforms like Onlyfans. A lot of them learned a bit too late that it's a bad idea to take pictures that show the street where you live.

>it's a bad idea to take pictures that show the street where you live

Reading this it just hit me that GeoGuessr is basically doxxer training.

In the 90s we were taught, never give out your name, your age, where you live, or anything that can be tied back to you.

And then came LinkedIn that asked for full access to your inbox (yes, username and password! and people gave it away), Facebook with their "real name policy" (and people complied!), Android with automatic access to your contacts without your consent (I believe they fixed it at some point though) and so on. Everything seems upside down.

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