Here is an interesting article about our online identity and ‘anonymous’ genomic data being used to identify people from freely available information they’ve posted on the internet.  It leaves one to wonder whether it’s best to withdraw from the internet altogether and hide under a rock or go all out and share your identity with the world.  I think what it all comes down to is being fully aware of what you post online.

Study reveals why many are now no longer anonymous onlineOn the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog – but it is getting increasingly easy for someone to figure it out. As more and more of our personal data – and those of the people we know and are related to – gets posted online, the anonymity promised by being behind a computer screen gets more and more elusive, according to a new study out Thursday in the US journal Science.

via Smh