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Most people on forums like these don't reveal there real name in order to protect themselves.
How do you think about it? Why do you feel the need to hide or why don't you feel it?

My personal discrepancy at the moment: I rather tend to be cautious with my private information, because I can never take back what I did online and what I have done or told might be visible even after years without any possibility to remove it. But I have done a lot of software projects in the past which I want to be known with my real name. I want to put them under a licence and I want people to know who did this rather than using a nick that everyone could take.

How do you think about this matter?