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by ranger_danger 9 days ago
> did you think fifteen different three letter agencies weren't already watching you?

I think there was a reasonable expectation of anonymity, at least relative to other users. In the past you could access facebook with a VPN/proxy (and for a brief time, even tor) and use any name you wanted. But with forced identity verification you lose that little bit of anonymity.