Want anonymity? Make a persona not a mystery
Ah yes... I&#x27;m Skimmington Harborough, Esq., I come from a family that made its fortune in philanthropy generations ago.<p>This seems like a pretty straightforward mechanism for covert operatives, to generate a believable (and memorizable) cover that pulls attention away and maintains coherence.<p>That said, as someone who prizes ethical behavior, it&#x27;s not possible to practice this and remain wholly honest without some sort of ethical loophole like &quot;character work for entertainment only&quot;.  A persona requires misrepresentation, which is not the same as de facto anonymity.<p>So, while I love the write-up, I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s saying what they think it&#x27;s saying.