I’ve just established this pseudonym. Over the next few days, I’ll be eking out into the social space; so far I’ve got Facebook and Twitter covered. The goal here is to see if it’s possible to maintain a strong online presence without any ties to the “real world”. To that end, I’m going to be writing on pseudonymity and other topics. I’ve taken some precautions to secure my identity — I only access this account via Tor, for instance — but I’m not going to try very hard to disguise my writing style or basic demographic facts about myself.

Here’s what I’ve done so far:

Signed up for an account on Clipperz to keep track of logins and to prevent information from leaking between accounts.

Attempted to sign up for Gmail, before discovering that they block Tor users from registering new accounts; instead, opted for Hushmail.

Opened Twitter, Reddit, and a few other accounts.

Tried signing up with Blogger (still need a Google account; even if you use a different email, they still want SMS verification), then Typepad (the free service is horrible, especially over Tor), and finally WordPress.

So, who am I? If you have a guess, drop me a line. Meanwhile, see you ’round.

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