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rixedyesterday at 8:52 PM0 repliesview on HN

The days of my old google account that predates real identity policies are numbered...

People already assume that your "google name" is your official name, so much so that I had to patiently explain a delivery man once that the funny nickname he had for some reason in the delivery notice did not match my ID because that was an old google account from a time when it was usual to use any funny handle for your account.