# Usernames in shared links break anonymity

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-in-shared-links-break-anonymity/42554>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** privacy, completed\
**Created:** [14 Abril, 2016 12:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-in-shared-links-break-anonymity/42554 "2016-04-14T12:12:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [15 Abril, 2016 08:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-in-shared-links-break-anonymity/42554/10 "2016-04-15T08:39:58Z")

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Perhaps, but this is the first time I’ve ever heard the concern and it smells awfully hypothetical to me. If there were clearer real world examples from others where this was, y’know, _an actual problem_, I’d be more sympathetic.

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