Anonymity on the Internet

Most commentary on the Internet is essentially done anonymously, using unidentifiable pseudonyms. While these names can take on an identity of their own, they are frequently separated from and anonymous from the actual author, creating more freedom of expression, and less accountability.[2] The online encyclopedia Wikipedia is collaboratively written mostly by authors using either an unidentifiable pseudonym or an IP identifier, although a few have used an identified pseudonym or their real name. However the IP number allows identification and thus the anonymity on the internet is rather an illusion - unless you use anonymizing services such as I2P or Tor - which is for free and in fact grants more security than centralized anonymizing services where a central point exists that could disclose your identity. (source : Wikipedia)

Sometimes it is desired that a person can establish a long-term relationship (such as a reputation) with some other entity, without his/her personal identity being disclosed to that entity. In this case, it may be useful for the person to establish a unique identifier, called a pseudonym, with the other entity. Examples of pseudonyms are nicknames, credit card numbers, student numbers, bank account numbers, and IP addresses. A pseudonym enables the other entity to link different messages from the same person and, thereby, the maintenance of a long-term relationship. Although typically pseudonyms do not contain personally identifying information, communication that is based on pseudonyms is often not classified as "anonymous", but as "pseudonymous" instead. Indeed, in some contexts, anonymity and pseudonymity are separate concepts.

However, in other contexts what matters is that both anonymity and pseudonymous are concepts that are, among other things, concerned with hiding a person's legal identity. In such contexts people may not distinguish between anonymity and pseudonymous.  (Source : Wikipedia)

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What we really enjoy here is....pseudonymous.

Some older users of the internet (meaning having used the net for ten years plus) clearly remember a program that was commonly called...."Follow Me".  Wherein a user could quite frankly, follow you from room to room, site to site.  This program has been greatly enhanced over the last decade to the point of simply following the sender and not the name or IP address. 

While a version of follow me is available to the public, Internet providers etc....but do you really believe governmental agencies (share the best with us ?).  Uncle Sam surely has not disclosed their private wine cellars (version) of this program to many, if any.

Welcome to the illusion of anonymity.  You are hereby knighted by pseudonymous, as a fool....with a user name to match.  = )