# 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 أبريل 2016، 12:12م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-in-shared-links-break-anonymity/42554 "2016-04-14T12:12:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![michaeld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/michaeld/32/1594_2.png) [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)\
**Post date:** [15 أبريل 2016، 8:01ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usernames-in-shared-links-break-anonymity/42554/8 "2016-04-15T08:01:49Z")

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I do agree that this can be a breach of privacy: people are disclosing their forum usernames implicitly and not everyone is aware of that, nor are people aware that this part can easily be removed from the link.

Why not make this a site setting (default ON) ?

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