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carpinttas · 02/01/2012 08:41 AM

The other day my friend and I, (I actually have some friends), were talking about the internet and the illusion of privacy it gives. you can just use any username you want, and never actually reveal your real name, or real birthday, or real info about you. however, after many years online, how much have you revealed about yourself?

and worst of all, could your typical username be somehow connected to your real name? (for example, if you ever gave a link to your facebook while using your username, or placingit in your sig of some forum\community)

when wee searched is username, even a picture of him appeared.

here is what I discovered about myself when I googled my username:
- age \ birthdate
- some favourite bands and songs
- country and city where I live
- gender

accounts: tribos, gamespot, myanimelist, blogger, pspiso,
league of legends (I even found a replay file of a battle where I played like a noob and my team lost because of me),
stumbleupon (and in it tons of info about my interests),
kimtag (don't even know what it is),
pspnews (there was a comment where I stated that I had performed an illegal action O.O couldn't erase it T.T),
absolutewrite forum and stuff about the book I'm writing
hi5 Facepalm

at least it says the account was erased and shows no pictures
and of course EP

what about you? what do you do to protect you identity? what's your opinion?

perhaps having two usernames, one for the things you don't want people to know about and another for everything else, could be a solution, but you have to be extremely careful not to connect both somehow.

Funky Buddah · 02/01/2012 08:49 AM

I go under two nicknames: my current one and goshen.
My current one returns some pleasant sunny autumn photos and goshen returns a college in Indiana :rolleyes:

carpinttas · 02/01/2012 09:25 AM

you have now connect them Hiding_something

the internet haz you now

S7* · 02/01/2012 10:00 AM

"Senseito" only returns some of my Graphics and some very unusual photos.

carpinttas · 02/01/2012 10:06 AM

(02/01/2012 10:00 AM)S7* Wrote: "Senseito" only returns some of my Graphics and some very unusual photos.

NSFW: google senseito and press images O.O

Xlasher · 02/01/2012 10:35 AM

I use Xlasher in EP (which is my favorite song in DJ Portable Max 3).
But in social networking sites like Twitter, Tumblr, etc - I use The Trolluh.
*My facebook though is linked to my sig, but, oh well, it's a private account.
-So even if someone sees my real name, they still won't see my pics and info :)

S7* · 02/01/2012 10:37 AM

(02/01/2012 10:06 AM)carpinttas Wrote:
(02/01/2012 10:00 AM)S7* Wrote: "Senseito" only returns some of my Graphics and some very unusual photos.

NSFW: google senseito and press images O.O

My point exactly. Haha.

Cirehpsa · 02/01/2012 11:23 AM

Well your problem is that you spilt the beans, don't spill the beans if you don't want people to know.

carpinttas · 02/01/2012 11:26 AM

(02/01/2012 10:37 AM)S7* Wrote:
(02/01/2012 10:06 AM)carpinttas Wrote:
(02/01/2012 10:00 AM)S7* Wrote: "Senseito" only returns some of my Graphics and some very unusual photos.

NSFW: google senseito and press images O.O

My point exactly. Haha.

lol, dumb me, I understood it now.

I guess I wasn't aware of how easy it is to find the info wee post on the web... now I shall be more careful. Hero

S7* · 02/01/2012 12:49 PM

(02/01/2012 11:26 AM)carpinttas Wrote: I guess I wasn't aware of how easy it is to find the info wee post on the web...

Well Google was made to index the web so I guess it's doing its job, lol.

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