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Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by EGreg on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @07:25PM (#6486124)
Let's face it, at most one if your identities can be tied to your actual real-world activities. Otherwise people can find enough correlations to out you. Witness JK Rowling's new book.
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Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by dead_phish on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @10:11PM (#6486703)
JK Rowling's dox was a result of a member of the publishing house's solicitors telling his wife, who then told a close friend who provided the initial leak on twitter, which gave the newspaper breaking the story enough to go on to start drawing those conclusions.

Found the BBC story about this, if you're interested. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23366660

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Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by mindcrime on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @07:59PM (#6486276)
Meh, you lot will never figure out my real world identity!
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Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by chad_oliver on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @11:22PM (#6486949)
If only I knew your phone number ...
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Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by mindcrime on Thursday October 03, 2013 @10:16PM (#6493356)
I would have gotten away with it, if it weren't for you meddling kids!
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