When finally confronted by law enforcement, it took time and pressure for both women to admit their true identities.

BBC: Magazine

In WSJ's Blindfold Bracket competition, which allows users to select teams without knowing their true identities, 40% of participants have ended up with Indiana as the national champion.

WSJ: Hoops Nerds Tap the Florida Gators

The subterfuge of using different brokerage firms and multiple customer accounts is to give the false impression of increased market interest and depth, and to hide the true identities of the manipulators.

FORBES: 'Da Big Kahuna' Wipes Out On Stock Manipulation Ladder

The international police agency Interpol - which has issued arrest notices for all 11 suspects although it admitted their true identities were unclear - issues red notices to seek the arrest of wanted persons with a view to extraditing them.

BBC: Dubai police chief in Mossad arrest call

While admittedly pursuing different agendas, all of these groups agree on certain basic principles, among them the need for considerably more information regarding the true identities, involvements and global activities of foreign governments and firms seeking to raise funds in our stock and bond markets.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Quite the opposite is true - for convenience many store their digital identities in their browsers so they do not have to log on every time they wish to use an online service.

BBC: Computer security words in a Scrabble game

This is no longer true: they are now countries with strong institutions and national identities.

ECONOMIST: Time travellers

Collette is mesmerizing in her shy, watchful role, and in its anti-ideological way the movie is a true feminist comment on how difficult it remains for young women to cobble their identities together in the corporate world.

NEWYORKER: Clockwatchers