"There are many good reasons to keep our identities secret online - and abuse dispensed by a tiny minority is no excuse to override this"
"Nobody is ever truly anonymous online."
"Delete your internet ­history after every ­session. Scrub those ­cookies. ­If you commit an ­offence, none of these ­precautions will prevent you from ­being tracked down and identified."
Many legitimate reasons exist to conceal personal identities online, including protecting privacy, personal safety, and political or social freedoms. Abuse by a small minority does not justify removing or undermining anonymity for everyone. True anonymity is rare because online activity leaves data trails that can be correlated and analyzed to identify individuals. Deleting browsing history and clearing cookies can reduce visible traces but will not prevent identification if investigations or advanced tracking methods are applied. Meaningful protection of anonymity requires layered technical measures and appropriate legal safeguards rather than relying solely on user-side scrubbing.
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