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Comment author: jimrandomh 25 January 2012 10:07:36PM 3 points [-]

[...] there is no such thing as anonymity on-line [...]

False. Perfect anonymity is not very difficult; all you need is a clean computer, some standard tools that you can easily download, and a little time with no one looking over your shoulder.

Comment author: [deleted] 26 January 2012 12:26:37AM *  5 points [-]

False. Perfect anonymity is not very difficult; all you need is a clean computer, some standard tools that you can easily download, and a little time with no one looking over your shoulder.

Modify that to "good enough" and I would agree. If someone was really determined to track you down anonymity is hard.

In any case some of us would have to resort to sock puppets because we've already disclosed the connection between our user names and our IRL names.

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