Is it possible to be anonymous online and still engage in the "online world" as most non-tech folks see it? Increasingly I think the answer is no, without substantial tradeoffs.
It comes down to what you want in terms of anonymity. You can’t anonymously order food from an app and have it sent to your house while posting your wedding photos on Facebook.
But, if you want to anonymously browse the web and talk to people on HN then that’s still possible.
People have evaded state level actors for years. Perhaps most famously Obama Bin Laden. Which means true anonymity is still possible.
Sure, not fucking up for years, using the same identity, and communicating with people while being hunted ups the difficulty, but still doesn’t make it impossible.
