Why are so many privacy promoting people posting their personal data online?

With regards to Jonah, he essentially is putting his name and reputation on the line as a means to establish trust for his ideas. Sure, it’s entirely possible to run this site under a psuedonym, but Jonah ensures his ideals align with how represents himself and not just his digital persona. He has given up facets of his privacy in order to be a trust point for others to anchor a source of truth. If Jonah lies, there’s quite a paper trail following him, and will largely tarnish his reputation as a privacy advocate should he do something bad. Not to call it a Sword of Damocles, but rather it is quite clear and in his best interest to continue to be a privacy spokesperson. This gives us reason to have some level of trust in Jonah (and team), and not assume he is a spook. — For the lay person, if we normalize advocating for privacy rights through non-anonymous means, this boosts the ground for everyone. Not everyone has this privilege . However, if you have it, then this is where philosophical becomes political, and we drive our ideals forward, unashamed of beliefs and stick by them unafraid. And finally to be blunt, the world needs more people to tell their friends, neighbors, and representatives that taking privacy away from people and allowing corps to profit of us it is BS. Worlds not gonna change if people don’t take action. And anonymous conversation might be a means to organize and learn, but at some point your meatspace identity is gonna have to back that up for change.