tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697834366425048596.post1580604317214024070..comments2024-02-19T09:44:21.142-05:00Comments on Tyler Krpata: Managing your identity onlineTyler Krpatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17553514293418384206noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697834366425048596.post-52284535176111266132007-11-01T13:17:00.000-04:002007-11-01T13:17:00.000-04:00Hey that's kinda terrifyingHey that's kinda terrifyingMitch Krpatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15987162934932391765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697834366425048596.post-1081619821146303482007-09-08T17:05:00.000-04:002007-09-08T17:05:00.000-04:00I'm sorry I didn't respond to your earlier questio...I'm sorry I didn't respond to your earlier questions on the subject. at the time I thought I was going to write quite a bit, and I didn't have time for it then. instead, though, because you've covered a good deal of what I might have said on the topic:<BR/><BR/>in <I>theory</I>, I have four distinct online identities. there are a number of places on the internet where I use my real name. these are places where I feel like, even if a snooper learned more about me than I would normally choose, I make no mention of things of particularly questionable legality or taste. on the other end of the spectrum, I have a catch-all identity for things that I <I>never want connected to me</I>. sure, someday someone might, but it would have to be through IP tracking or some similarly involved investigation. in the middle I have identities that I'd rather not have linked with my real name for posterity, but where, despite being occasionally crude or inflammatory, I don't say or do things that would, say, bar me from civil service.<BR/><BR/>I say "in theory" because these lines tend to blur, whether or not I like it. people who know me in more than one of these personae make blog comments, forum posts, or even IRC chat in which connections are revealed. if someone with resources <I>wanted</I> to know what I was up to, I doubt it would be very difficult.<BR/><BR/>this sometimes makes me wonder why I bother to keep my activity segmented. but then, on the other hand, I'm not going to go ahead and capriciously violate international copyright law, for example, under my real full name. so I'm sure there's a balance I just haven't found yet.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16100876956828606209noreply@blogger.com