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It’s Not Just Social Media

by Julia Bernd | Jun 6, 2016 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, There's No Anonymity

Social media may be the first thing most people think of when the subject of online privacy comes up, but online games are another major way your privacy can be compromised. Check out the TouchArcade article here: Confessions of an Anonymous Free to Play...

What’s in a “Real” Name?

by Julia Bernd | Sep 29, 2014 | Blog, Identity Isn't Guaranteed, Online Is Real, There's No Anonymity

Facebook’s “real name” policy has been in the news recently due to a rash of account suspensions and threatened deletions where the account-holders are transgender and using their chosen rather than their legal names — apparently the result of...

How To Invent a Person Online

by brynamo | Aug 28, 2014 | Blog, Identity Isn't Guaranteed, There's No Anonymity

While we make the argument that you can never trust a person’s identity online, nothing can illustrate that fact more clearly than learning how artist Curtis Wallen created a completely fake identity. Paradoxically, Wallen’s story also illustrates the counterpoint...

Why You Can’t Assume Anonymity

by Julia Bernd | Aug 14, 2014 | Blog, There's No Anonymity, You're Leaving Footprints

A (relatively) new tracking technique called canvas fingerprinting allows websites and services to uniquely identify people’s devices by including a hidden image on web pages. It can get around most of the common methods and tools people use to keep their...

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