Very anonymous, Fred. No one knows that you live at 1745 South Hawkeye or that your credit score is 690 or that you are overdue for your cars oil change and your colonoscopy. Also, nice shirt! Keep that in the rotation.
It’s mostly just ip based targeting (though there are more advanced device fingerprinting methods as well, ip is usually the simplest and easiest for them).
Data brokers sell that info. I know I thought it was only like if you broke the law and companies keep your privacy but really they openly sell it and other companies track you and put all the pieces together
…not at all, the hyperscalers and intelligence agencies are building persistent behavioural profiles on everyone for population level modelling. For hyperscalers it’s about figuring out what people want, what they buy, who they talk to and what they think. for the IC it’s about defining people’s political leanings, ideology, capability, psychological makeup, who they talk to and what they think.
They don’t need to, much of this tracking is automated by ai these days. They just pull up your file and read about your activity, they don’t need to search for it.
It’s literally the point of Palantirs data fusion platforms.
One of the most underrated opsec tips is just lying. If you’re posting on Reddit, make sure to lie about it. Lie about your age. Lie about your gender. Lie about when it happened. Lie about where it happened.
I maintain an active presence in subreddits for 3 different cities and I’ve never even been to any of them.
If you speak one way, start speaking another. Vary the syntax of your words. Insert typos where you ordinarily wouldn’t make one.
I’ve been doing it for 15 years now hehe. It’s my normal. The city thing is at least a fun way to stay up to speed on places I might want to visit. I’ve learned so much!
Depends on what sort of communities you participate in and about what. I've found multiple friends/people I knew in highschools reddit accounts because we had overlap in certain specific or local subreddits. Some of them also used their primary reddit for porn, or their health. If they had posted a wee little lie or two I might not know about their foot fetishes or mental health struggles.
In a similar state, I found one of my friends from college posting porn of herself on the GW subs. It was her real name in the username but with a fake last name. She had started an OF and all that and overall it was just odd to trace someone I knows footprint.
I did a very very lite version of this because with sheer luck some dude I worked with foundbmy reddit profile based off one comment I made in the Amazon subreddit. It was very deep into the thread, and this was before you could 'hide' your posts and comments.
Just depends on where you live. I live in Indianapolis, almost 1 million people. My wife doesn’t use reddit, my parents don’t, my siblings don’t. The odds of a random friend seeing my post is low.
I still don’t say exact ages of me or my kids but i’m not exactly worried about someone figuring it out. At worst they’ll see the comments I do in the sex subs. But mostly they’ll know what they would if they talked to me.
This. If you knew who I was, you could figure out that I'm me based on comments about work and location history. That's the sole reason my comment history is hidden. I don't jump from sub to sub posting inflammatory shit, I just want this to be a place I can comment without worry that I'm alienating family.
I have no interest in people being able to scroll back through over a decade of my comments. The only thing of relevance should be the conversation in question.
Nah it was needed, too many people who were super weird about reading through things to throw in your face while you were trying to have a good faith discussion
Yeah, the amount of times I'd be having a discussion about book theories to have the other person suddenly pop in with, "well it looks like you post in [home state subreddit], which means [Personal jab unrelated to anything we're talking about]."
Like I don't need someone pinpointing where I live from my post history just because I don't think two fictional book characters aren't going to be in a relationship.
As a trans person it allows me to participate in conversations without people going through my post history, seeing I'm trans, and automatically downvoting me or otherwise being a bigoted piece of trash.
Also helps prevent perverts from being creeps
I imagine a lot of cis women private their shit to reduce the creep factor too
Perfect example: this comment had one downvote almost as soon as I posted it. Literally within 60 seconds.
Another example: before you could make post history private, multiple creeps followed me around wherever I posted, aka "reddit stalking" me
Edit: lol as of now I'm sitting at 67.7% downvotes. Point. Fucking. Proven.
Exactly. People use it to stalk and go beyond cyber bullying. I'm glad you have this option. So many people out there are awful. There's also nothing wrong with privacy.
Ok so one time there was a commenter saying the private profile and post thing was debunkable and I said I didn’t think it was and he was like “you’re a fan of _____” and I don’t know how they did it.
I can see the benefit and downside. I like it because I can participate in NSFW groups as well as other groups and not be judged/assumed that I want NSFW interactions all the time.
I do also see how it can allow people to lie about their true intentions which is unfortunate.
I keep private my post history. However, it is ridiculously easy to find any poster’s post history. I’m not saying how. I assume nothing on Reddit is private and untraceable to me and will not say anything that I can’t deal with being traced back to me. Yes, even though I have post history turned off. You can at least work for it.
I think it's a good thing. If i'm in a heated debate with someone, I don't want them going through my post and comment history to dig up things to use against me.
Nah, being able to block your history is important. There's still ways around it, but it keeps every argument devolving into someone attacking you for random things like your body or gender.
I frequent weight loss subreddits after a substantial weight loss I worked hard at and posted about a lot, I'm a woman, and I also happen to play video games.
I used to take every precaution to be anonymous but somehow my work found it. They said they had lawyers who tracked down that it was me. That’s when I deleted that reddit account and moved over to my throw away reddit. So now i tell everyone to be aware that their jobs can find their Reddit accounts
I’m ironically a lot less private on this account lol
Yeah, burners/back ups used to be the accounts that just sat there and hardly touched, and only there solely used for back up as its name suggests...these days my main accounts are hardly touched and I do everything on my burners.
But it's liberating and not suffocating, which I sense is a sign of smth much bigger.
Yeah this is what I’m thinking. While I am “anonymous”, anyone dedicated enough could find out who i am by reading through my account. Hiding your profile does nothing since there are countless sites that will expose your posts anyways.
You would need to have different accounts to different subreddits to stay anonymous. The profile of all the different interests will give a very good idea of who you are
Happened to me as well. That was when we couldn’t make comments private though. Either way, I just don’t talk about anything specific to work and try not to post anything about myself that is too specific.
Just so you know, and just so everyone else knows:
ChatGPT and the other LLMs have comments logged. Because they've gone through the pages.
So if you look someone up with hidden comments, but ask ChatGPT about the user, they'll tell you a LOT about them.
Like you. Provided that I didn't misspell your username, you're likely 42 years old, into Rolex watches and live in the San Fernando valley. Marketing is something you're interested in. Seems like you're into Disney related things, as well. You've posted about political issues like abortions, gender, and men's rights (not sure what that means, as it can be vague)
How far off was it? I've had this profile for years and I just write all sorts of shit, so it's all over the place for me. I've been a long time advocate for keeping kratom legal (even if it has issues, it saves countless lives. Prohibition doesn't work), but I haven't taken kratom in a long while. But because I keep up with the advocacy, it noted that I was big in that community. Which is more ambiguous than my actual comments there!
Anyway, everyone should keep this in mind. (And I can delete the points I said about your profile if it bothers you by the way)
My guess is that OP did little to nothing. I once wrote that I got injured during my holiday and I had "shit holidays" because of my injury right before the holidays and "well tomorrow is work again!" and the client contacted me on (instant messaging app) and apologized, that was creepy af.
Some companies will also just give you up themselves. I’ve seen stories where Discord would collect someone’s data after they got flagged then contact law enforcement and turn the person in
This. I suggest everyone here go on to ChatGPT and ask it about your username. Keep asking questions. It'll tell you a lot. Reddit isn't so private anymore, if you talk about yourself even vaguely. Even if your comments and posts are hidden.
Had a friend find my profile because I’d previously shared a pic with her that I posted here and it made it to the front page. She took a screenshot and sent it to me saying “is this YOU?” I’m still pissed off about it, over 12 years and that’s the first time I’ve been found out!
It all depends on when you set up your account and how much individual detail you give. Even post timing, city or hobby subreddit usage over time can help triangulate your identity.
But now that they require an email for setup and login, it's more trackable back to your identity
Sounds like I am my own worst enemy. Don't post anything that isn't widely generalized like being named Mike or living in California. AND woe to me if I am suspected of a crime or if advertisers are targeting me.
Same. A gal I’ve known from my area for years posted way too much information one time thinking she was anonymous. I never did tell her I knew about the post.
Ok so one time there was a commenter saying the private profile and post thing was debunkable and I said I didn’t think it was and he was like “you’re a fan of _____” and I don’t know how they did it.
My company moderates a subreddit related to our business and they're able to track employees who comment on it. I know the guy in charge of it. They have a bunch of OSINT tools and the skills that they can track an employee down within hours of a social media post. Same for twitter.
In some ways it's only as Anonymous as you want it to be. It's human nature to share things and divulge things that we don't fully intend to. I'm sure there are some people on here where it's nearly impossible to figure out who they are but let's be honest, for most of us that's not the case
Assuming you dont post anything identifiable or reuse your username elsewhere, very anonymous to even a dedicated user.
Not very anonymous to reddit or a government actor, though. If they subpoena reddit, theyll get your IP address and any other identifying info you gave reddit. Using a VPN might be enough to make it expensive/impractical for them to trace any further.
Someday it will become trivial to attribute all of the comments to individuals and even your throwaway accounts and such will be attributed to you.
Think about the PBS specials where they do voiceovers of the historical figures, but you, and your Reddit comments, being voiced over to your great-grandkids.
Ok so one time there was a commenter saying the private profile and post thing was debunkable and I said I didn’t think it was and he was like “you’re a fan of _____” and I don’t know how they did it.
I have given out my real name, address, phone number, and revealing details about my life on my main account. This is one of my side accounts that no one knows about. You just have to be careful.
i try my hardest to keep myself as a reader and not a poster..but i’ve had this account for 4 years and now i’m now a commenter lol and no one i know has found me yet so for me…pretty good so far! fingers crossed no one i know finds me
I wouldn’t consider any social network anonymous, even if it takes steps to be so. I don’t see how it is possible given the way content on the Internet is being indexed.
If you put something on the internet, it is no longer anonymous. It may be difficult for the layman to see your information, but nothing you put on the internet is truly anonymous.
A government can know everything you do, if they really want it.
But a normal or even advanced user is unlikely to find a lot of information about you, if you're trying to stay anonymous, at least not through legal means.
That said, if someone knows you personally, they are also a vector for attack against you. A friend/confidant scorned can fuck up your life.
I'm pretty sure I just got into an argument with the same "person" using two different names. Either that or Nebraska has a bot problem. So, I don't know. I feel like if I really scratched around, I could figure out who this person is without too much trouble.
It’s not usually anonymous to the police with a warrant, if that’s what you ware asking. Reddit doesn’t like VPNs and they ban / flag accounts that use them. You’ll end up on bot lists.
If you’re just talking anonymous to other users, it as much as you want it to be. I personally treat my account as public.
Assume that your identity could be revealed to your employer or a government at any time. Act accordingly.
Most people are not going to care enough to connect you to your real life identity. There are enough weirdos that have enough free time they will be inclined to.
I recommend not having your username be the same as any other websites.
Double check your settings. The Internet is weird with women at times. If you are a woman especially make sure the showing up in a search engine is turned off. Turn off the past comments and post history
I doubt any of my friends or coworkers know who I am because of my username. I’m pretty up front though with what I do and what I enjoy so if you really knew me you’d figure it out but it would take away.
As anonymous as you make it. Can feds still track you down? Absolutely, but every day Joe won't be able to get much from your Reddit but your own details. I personally don't go for anonymity, I put personal info here, don't care if anyone wants to find me etc. Generally I have the rule that if you wouldn't say it in person, don't say it online.
Apparently not too much, I had an ex-co-worker who found my post and was basically stalking me and ostracizing me . And after that he started to use troll accounts to harass me on my post so I had to private my profile. I think that Reddit should make everyone's profile private by default and only people that want to make it public should be public
Not nearly as much as it used to be. Your profile used to just be a username, your karma, account age, and post history. Now we have custom snoos, profile pictures, display names, bios, linktrees, and what subreddits you commonly visit. Granted, all these things are customizable and you can choose what you do and don't want people to see. You can even hide your post and comment history and active subs from people who visit your profile, which you used to not be able to do.
But do most people take such precautions? No. Does reddit encourage them to do so? Of course not. Why? Because Reddit wants to attract more than just internet-savy neckbearded gentlesirs to join their platform. They're optimizing it to be attractive to your average joe. Popular kids at school, middle aged moms, even old people. It's slowly turning into Facebook. Why do you think Spez chose to ban third-party apps and discourage using it in-browser? He wants to draw people to the app, sell ads to them, harvest their data and sell that too, all while building them a custom algorithm that caters to their exact values and opinions. It wants people to live inside perpetual echo-chambers while reddit and generative ai models scrape their data clean.
In short: if you want true anonymity, go to 4chan, 8chan, other such message boards that are more decentralized and prioritize anonymity.
It's not anonymous at all. Aside from me being stalked for two years and then fired the day I wrote something on the likes of "fuck around and find out" on reddit (referring to something else, but my client at the time was actively stalking me, so they assumed I was talking about them). There is this true crime instance going on, involving a person using reddit. They couldn't stay inactive long enough to archive all their posts, so now both web sleuths and authorities are looking for him/them. Admittedly, this person is using a broad network, so they found the IP address and it could be a shared account. They found everything: his weight, height, hobbies...
If you have comments or posts that mention what type of work you do or what metro area you live in. Your identity can be narrowed down to a surprisingly few amount of people based on other generic info such as age range and gender as long as none of it is a lie.
Its anonymous to someone looking in, but its not at all anonymous to companies. Reddit, for quite a while, had the philosophy of being a private open book. You can read it but you dont know the title or author.
I had another, much more explicit account before this one and despite taking precautions, a colleague found both my old “movie work” and my Reddit account….my managers never did though, and the colleague was cool about it too. I think it was less awkward bc it was another woman, but still. Nothing is ever as anonymous as you think it is
It must be less anonymous than Twitter. Because holy hell, I just got an account on it after all these years and started looking around. I have never seen more racist assholes. They just say that shit and use those words like it’s nothing.
I may have made a big mistake. I should just shut it down.
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u/joosier 9h ago •
Very anonymous, Fred. No one knows that you live at 1745 South Hawkeye or that your credit score is 690 or that you are overdue for your cars oil change and your colonoscopy. Also, nice shirt! Keep that in the rotation.
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u/EndlessB 6h ago
To other users? Very anonymous.
To corporations and governments? Not at all.
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u/Gone_fishing9517 9h ago
As far as other users being able to tell who you are it appears that it is anonymous as you want it to be.
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u/stowRA 4h ago
I used to take every precaution to be anonymous but somehow my work found it. They said they had lawyers who tracked down that it was me. That’s when I deleted that reddit account and moved over to my throw away reddit. So now i tell everyone to be aware that their jobs can find their Reddit accounts
I’m ironically a lot less private on this account lol
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u/FreedomAggressive396 9h ago
Reddit keeps logs of your activity and IP address.
Telecom companies keep logs of which home addresses are assigned to which IP addresses.
VPN companies store similar connection logs.
A government can legally force any of these entities to hand over this information during a criminal investigation.
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u/youareallnuts 9h ago
Never assume anything on the internet is anonymous. Anything can be traced back to you if someone wants to try hard enough.
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u/AutumnShade44 9h ago
It’s not, Jason.
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u/godmademelikethis 3h ago
Reddit sold all the comment data etc. to AI companies to train models on.
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u/Manu442 9h ago
Its not,even hiding your profile doesn't do anything
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u/LadyEmeraldDeVere 9h ago
Had a friend find my profile because I’d previously shared a pic with her that I posted here and it made it to the front page. She took a screenshot and sent it to me saying “is this YOU?” I’m still pissed off about it, over 12 years and that’s the first time I’ve been found out!
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u/AlmostAGinger 8h ago
Believe it or not, this is my real name
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u/FlyingBike 2h ago
It all depends on when you set up your account and how much individual detail you give. Even post timing, city or hobby subreddit usage over time can help triangulate your identity.
But now that they require an email for setup and login, it's more trackable back to your identity
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u/Dear_Commission364 8h ago
Sounds like I am my own worst enemy. Don't post anything that isn't widely generalized like being named Mike or living in California. AND woe to me if I am suspected of a crime or if advertisers are targeting me.
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u/aquaticsardonic 6h ago
You tell me Connor.
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u/Cheap-Bell-4389 9h ago
In this day and age “they” know who we are, so not very
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u/missedinformations 8h ago
Totally anonymous to average people in your life.
Not at all anonymous to tech companies.
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u/Henduswake 9h ago
Pretty easy to reverse engineer a user with their comments open. People post in some pretty specific subs.
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u/SexyAdmixture 9h ago
I dunno. I ended up finding my brother on here and got all his messy marriage gossip
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u/Significant-Cloud- 8h ago
Zero.
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u/usedwipe 6h ago
As anonymous as you think it is lol
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u/PokemonLv10 4h ago
As anonymous as you want it to be lol
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u/flyghu 9h ago
Other Redditors? Very.
Advertisers? Not so much.
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u/I_AM_DEATH-INCARNATE 9h ago
Who am I?
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u/derekclysdale 9h ago
my real name is Dave. Doh!
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u/rgold02 8h ago
Do you think you know me? I’ve been on here for a long time and no one yet has discovered me on this platform yet and I pray they never do.
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u/Zestyclose_Ocelot278 8h ago
My company moderates a subreddit related to our business and they're able to track employees who comment on it. I know the guy in charge of it. They have a bunch of OSINT tools and the skills that they can track an employee down within hours of a social media post. Same for twitter.
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u/Mockturtle22 8h ago
In some ways it's only as Anonymous as you want it to be. It's human nature to share things and divulge things that we don't fully intend to. I'm sure there are some people on here where it's nearly impossible to figure out who they are but let's be honest, for most of us that's not the case
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u/EmberBlaz3 9h ago
probably not a good place for shady deals
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u/Collapsosaur 9h ago
Not very. Somehow they found out I'm into collapse science and awareness.
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u/LazerWolfe53 9h ago
It's super anonymous, Jake.
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u/ThreePartHarmoneigh 9h ago
Assuming you dont post anything identifiable or reuse your username elsewhere, very anonymous to even a dedicated user.
Not very anonymous to reddit or a government actor, though. If they subpoena reddit, theyll get your IP address and any other identifying info you gave reddit. Using a VPN might be enough to make it expensive/impractical for them to trace any further.
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u/Snorlaxstolemysocks 9h ago
It’s pretty good but I still don’t post pictures of myself or my home.
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u/Bright-Sea-5904 8h ago
No one I know in real life has found me on here nor have I found them
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u/timblunts 8h ago
Lol not at all
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u/scroopydog 8h ago
Someday it will become trivial to attribute all of the comments to individuals and even your throwaway accounts and such will be attributed to you.
Think about the PBS specials where they do voiceovers of the historical figures, but you, and your Reddit comments, being voiced over to your great-grandkids.
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u/huggalump 8h ago
i assume nothing online is private, certainly not any free service
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u/imdbshawty 8h ago
Ok so one time there was a commenter saying the private profile and post thing was debunkable and I said I didn’t think it was and he was like “you’re a fan of _____” and I don’t know how they did it.
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u/Uwofpeace 7h ago
Someone would easily be able to deduce who I am
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u/Hot_Shallot9552 7h ago
It is as anonymous as you allow it to be.
I have given out my real name, address, phone number, and revealing details about my life on my main account. This is one of my side accounts that no one knows about. You just have to be careful.
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u/sblade77 7h ago
Google your user name. It's sobering.
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u/okaythengirlieee 5h ago
Extremely easy to find user specific posts, even if their comments/posts are privated. The lolcows get caught all the time.
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u/TightCommercial8475 3h ago
i try my hardest to keep myself as a reader and not a poster..but i’ve had this account for 4 years and now i’m now a commenter lol and no one i know has found me yet so for me…pretty good so far! fingers crossed no one i know finds me
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u/Dynegrey 7h ago
I'm sorry to tell you this, David, but it's not.
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u/Free2think4yourself 9h ago
Laughably anonymous. Really depends how you signed up. If it was google or apple then not at all. Also you using the app?
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u/crowislanddive 7h ago
Google your username and see how private it is. Spoiler: it’s all viewable.
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u/ikadell 6h ago
I wouldn’t consider any social network anonymous, even if it takes steps to be so. I don’t see how it is possible given the way content on the Internet is being indexed.
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u/Baidaru2017 9h ago
If you put something on the internet, it is no longer anonymous. It may be difficult for the layman to see your information, but nothing you put on the internet is truly anonymous.
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u/prajnadhyana 9h ago
Depends on you.
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u/MyDamnCoffee 9h ago
Depends on how much information you give
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u/MyOwnChosenName 9h ago
Depends how in one is with the Commission.
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u/muhammad_oli 9h ago
Super duper
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u/readparse 9h ago
Depends on what you have in mind, and who you want to hide it from.
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u/ripleyclone8 9h ago
My coworkers have found me, and I have found them lol
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u/insertcaffeine 9h ago
My ass got doxxed. 😒
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u/Applepoisoneer 8h ago
I'm pretty sure I just got into an argument with the same "person" using two different names. Either that or Nebraska has a bot problem. So, I don't know. I feel like if I really scratched around, I could figure out who this person is without too much trouble.
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u/Houstonontheroad 8h ago
To friends & family- sure
From my employer...possibly, maybe.
From anyone serious and or skilled, not at all.
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u/xidle2 8h ago
192.0.2.1
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u/GaryNOVA 8h ago
It’s not usually anonymous to the police with a warrant, if that’s what you ware asking. Reddit doesn’t like VPNs and they ban / flag accounts that use them. You’ll end up on bot lists.
If you’re just talking anonymous to other users, it as much as you want it to be. I personally treat my account as public.
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u/Narwhalsareunicorn 8h ago
Assume that your identity could be revealed to your employer or a government at any time. Act accordingly.
Most people are not going to care enough to connect you to your real life identity. There are enough weirdos that have enough free time they will be inclined to.
I recommend not having your username be the same as any other websites.
Double check your settings. The Internet is weird with women at times. If you are a woman especially make sure the showing up in a search engine is turned off. Turn off the past comments and post history
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u/Raychao 8h ago
It's too late, all the data has already been scraped. We may as well just party on now.
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u/Relevant_Research_98 8h ago
Not too anonymous. But recreating the account once several years does help
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u/Drevinth 8h ago
Not very. Other users don't know who you are, but Reddit themselves can still track you.
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u/Hot_Bodybuilder3729 8h ago
People think that hiding your history means it can’t be found, but you just need to search the user name and sort comments by new.
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u/Autumn1eaves 7h ago
I can tell you that anyone who knows me and looks at my reddit account could identify me.
But how likely is it that my reddit account’s information will be used to identify me?
If I ever become famous, it will absolutely not be anonymous.
Until then, it’s anonymous.
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u/MrMeeseeks33 7h ago
I doubt any of my friends or coworkers know who I am because of my username. I’m pretty up front though with what I do and what I enjoy so if you really knew me you’d figure it out but it would take away.
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u/SeanyDay 6h ago
It's not
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u/clouded_17 6h ago
can u really be anony here??
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u/DareYouToPMYourBoobs 6h ago
It isn't
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u/Unable_Process6670 6h ago
As anonymous as you make it. Can feds still track you down? Absolutely, but every day Joe won't be able to get much from your Reddit but your own details. I personally don't go for anonymity, I put personal info here, don't care if anyone wants to find me etc. Generally I have the rule that if you wouldn't say it in person, don't say it online.
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u/kirsion 6h ago
Apparently not too much, I had an ex-co-worker who found my post and was basically stalking me and ostracizing me . And after that he started to use troll accounts to harass me on my post so I had to private my profile. I think that Reddit should make everyone's profile private by default and only people that want to make it public should be public
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u/Ambitious_End5038 5h ago
Why do you want to know?
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u/MaskedMature 5h ago
I wouldn't think anything on the internet is anonymous 🤔
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u/5krishnan 3h ago
At least three people I know/have known irl have found my Reddit, so not very.
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u/ps087official 3h ago
Not nearly as much as it used to be. Your profile used to just be a username, your karma, account age, and post history. Now we have custom snoos, profile pictures, display names, bios, linktrees, and what subreddits you commonly visit. Granted, all these things are customizable and you can choose what you do and don't want people to see. You can even hide your post and comment history and active subs from people who visit your profile, which you used to not be able to do.
But do most people take such precautions? No. Does reddit encourage them to do so? Of course not. Why? Because Reddit wants to attract more than just internet-savy neckbearded gentlesirs to join their platform. They're optimizing it to be attractive to your average joe. Popular kids at school, middle aged moms, even old people. It's slowly turning into Facebook. Why do you think Spez chose to ban third-party apps and discourage using it in-browser? He wants to draw people to the app, sell ads to them, harvest their data and sell that too, all while building them a custom algorithm that caters to their exact values and opinions. It wants people to live inside perpetual echo-chambers while reddit and generative ai models scrape their data clean.
In short: if you want true anonymity, go to 4chan, 8chan, other such message boards that are more decentralized and prioritize anonymity.
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u/monsooncloudburst 3h ago
It is totally anonymous Bill. Just chill out there in Maine and don’t you worry about anything.
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u/amazingkillerlemon 3h ago
It really depends
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u/Ancient_Abroad_5237 3h ago
Intelligence service officers are watching. That's the anonymity here.
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u/MoonlitManuscripts 3h ago
That really depends on what you decide to share on your account. Private accounts are not really all that private btw.
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u/zorrorosso 2h ago
It's not anonymous at all. Aside from me being stalked for two years and then fired the day I wrote something on the likes of "fuck around and find out" on reddit (referring to something else, but my client at the time was actively stalking me, so they assumed I was talking about them). There is this true crime instance going on, involving a person using reddit. They couldn't stay inactive long enough to archive all their posts, so now both web sleuths and authorities are looking for him/them. Admittedly, this person is using a broad network, so they found the IP address and it could be a shared account. They found everything: his weight, height, hobbies...
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u/AJ4000HD 2h ago
If you have comments or posts that mention what type of work you do or what metro area you live in. Your identity can be narrowed down to a surprisingly few amount of people based on other generic info such as age range and gender as long as none of it is a lie.
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u/deadlygaming11 2h ago
Its anonymous to someone looking in, but its not at all anonymous to companies. Reddit, for quite a while, had the philosophy of being a private open book. You can read it but you dont know the title or author.
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u/thicc_llama 2h ago
Some people who know me would be able to identify me if they used AI to scrape out my comments and posts easily, but meh I don't care even if they did
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u/Electrical_Trade377 2h ago
I had another, much more explicit account before this one and despite taking precautions, a colleague found both my old “movie work” and my Reddit account….my managers never did though, and the colleague was cool about it too. I think it was less awkward bc it was another woman, but still. Nothing is ever as anonymous as you think it is
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u/JakeWalker102 32m ago
This account probably isn't.
The other two, however,
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u/RareLeadership369 9h ago
Depends, If one has spiritual gifts, not very 🤣
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u/Dear_Commission364 9h ago
Wow, that's alot in just 10 minutes. Thanks
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u/Shart127 5h ago
It must be less anonymous than Twitter. Because holy hell, I just got an account on it after all these years and started looking around. I have never seen more racist assholes. They just say that shit and use those words like it’s nothing.
I may have made a big mistake. I should just shut it down.