There area many people on-line who wish their identies to be secret, however they do not realise that they have released information about themselves into the Web's public domain access.

Yes I do know some people couldn't care more, if you are one of them then don't bash me for trying to help others who do want to be un-identified.

In a simple expairment I discovered the names, and adresses of several froum-goers (on other forums), so much to the effect that I could compile some basic scripts, put it into a choppy (poorly thought out) data base and be able to profile uses/people. I won't go into detail on this, however, I will tell you how to keep your identity to yourself.

The most obvious thing is to know what you post in forums, never post your name, name of your work/school/street, or what sports team you play on, these can all be reverse searched back to you. Same applies to personal websites etc... if your employer/organization/education center post your name into a Web-accessable location (they may do so without your knowing, i.e. on my School's website the students who built the site have their names on it, same with students on the honor roll, and students who are on sports teams all have their names on-line, and more then likely do no know about it), if they do have it posted, ask for it to be removed, if you are not sure, ask them or check yourself.

Another problem is MS office documents, people upload these and do not know that it holds the "author name" directly in the file, and can easily be found.

More over, people use E-mail services where their names are sent along with it.

And lastly, when you register a server/DNS some one can run a "whois" lookup on your server, this can be used to locate your personal contact information.

I hope this has helped anyone who cares to remain un-known, yes there are a few things I have left out, but I don't worry about them that much, these are just some of the bigger issues that come to mind, and I am posting this on several forums.