James Mason 771:  While I completely agree with you on commenters staying on topic, at least commenting on issues raised in the article, I disagree with you on people using real names.  Two years ago while undergoing two major surgeries my wife took over managing household finances to maintain continuity of bill payments. During that time period, using my real name, coupled with some data obtained by hacking signed me up for three online services.  I got the money back ($975) but it took 7 months.  And, yes, I had two security programs running on my mac.   As a result, I never recommend people using real names for online activities on their computers.