Few people had heard of Banksy before 2004 and to this day his real identity remains a mystery.
Sometimes we want our views or works considered on their own terms, uncoupled from the baggage our real identity.
But in some situations, having your real identity linked to what you say on the Internet can be deadly.
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Dugard's real identity was discovered last week and her alleged kidnappers -- Garrido, a registered sex offender, and his 55-year-old wife, Nancy -- were arrested.
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Since then, I have slowly been climbing out of the paranoia fear, using Facebook to log in to other sites, verifying my real identity with certain trusted sources.
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Hannah Montana, which stars the daughter of country crooner Billy Ray Cyrus as a high school pop star who hides her real identity, was the second-most-watched show on cable the week of June 24.
The only way forward is real identity verification: to allow our movements and metrics to be tracked in all sorts of ways and to have those movements and metrics tied to our actual identity.
Neil Robertson, a tech entrepreneur who blogs and runs a paid-search marketplace firm called Trada, just came up with this term I love called halfnimity, or that middle zone online between anonymity and real identity.
This essentially pulls all commenters into the Facebook architecture, meaning that most people will now be commenting with their real identity, and if, like me, you don't have a Facebook account, you can't comment there at all.
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He contends in a Reuters interview that no one should be forced to use their real name, and that Google won't press for one, especially in politically oppressive situations where there could be dire consequences to protesting under a real identity.
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Essentially, the principle behind all mixing services is the ability to remove or obscure any linkage to a real-world identity because the bitcoin blockchain maintains a public transaction log of all transactions.
Officials are attempting to make these tasks more manageable by requiring that users of the most prominent microblog service, Sina Weibo, register using their real name and identity-card number by March 16th.
The re-working was said to have followed a dismissive comment by a visitor to Wallington who called the work "a painting of a hat and ruffles" - but the identity of the real artist is still open to speculation.
Sam's youthful breezy and bigoted attitude toward Perry's real struggle with his sexual identity contrasts greatly with the unlikely ending to the play, in which Sam more or less falls on his political sword trying to make up for his careless ignorance.
Besides for the drain on the Treasury, some identity theft victims suffer real hardship.
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Identity theft is a real problem for car dealerships.
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We want to see some real progress, maybe a sense of identity that begins to come into focus.
Perhaps only Facebook, based on genuine identity, could build a real semantic Web that centers around people and what they do.
This multi-identity of scientists creates a real credibility problem.
But oftentimes, identity theft stems from mundane real-world theft.
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While committing itself to the principle of providing accurate information to consumers, the government has warned that there are "real practical difficulties in establishing traceability to identity method of slaughter to the point of consumption".
"I couldn't speak any English, " said Suzie, whose real name is being withheld to protect her identity.
During my kidnapping, I lost my entire identity and couldn't remember my real name.
"The mid-market hotels are suffering from a severe identity crisis as they no longer offer real value to the customer".
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"The real issue is how to put the control of an identity in the hands of the person who actually owns the identity, " he said.
Smith added he is excited for fans to see the developing chemistry between him and Coleman, as well as the "real intrigue" behind the mystery of Clara's identity.
"We can make digital transactions much safer than in the real world, " says Kim Cameron, Microsoft's identity-and- access architect.
From his cell, Lecter helps Graham to track the savage Tooth Fairy, whose real name is Dolarhyde (Ralph Fiennes), and whose identity Graham is strangely slow to unveil.
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