# 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:** [4월 14, 2016, 12:12오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-in-shared-links-break-anonymity/42554 "2016-04-14T12:12:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [4월 15, 2016, 5:11오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-in-shared-links-break-anonymity/42554/5 "2016-04-15T05:11:28Z")

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> [@ljpp](#):
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> Jeff Atwood = codinghorror.

How so?  
How can you tell just by seeing codinghorror that codinghorror is Jeff Atwood unless you already know that?

You see “mittineague” here, do you know my name?

And if it bothers anyone, shared links work fine without the ?u=publicly\_visible\_membername

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