anonymous accounts
Identity-hidden online personas
Anonymous accounts are online profiles that don't reveal the user's real identity.
People create them for privacy, to speak freely without professional consequences, or to avoid harassment.
The term often appears in discussions of social media policy and online behavior: She runs an anonymous account where she posts about workplace issues.
Anonymous accounts range from harmless alt accounts to platforms for trolling or coordinated abuse.
- burnerHeat-producing device component
- burner phoneDisposable anonymous telephone
- throwawayDesigned for discard
- fakeNot the real thing
- fake profileFabricated online identity
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- financial secrecybank secrecy, Swiss banking, Swiss banks, secrecy laws, financial privacy
- hidden moneyhidden assets, hidden wealth, hidden income, secret stash, cash stash
- online fraudclick fraud, fake clicks, fake followers, bots, botnets
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First-person experiential narratives
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