Date Online with Anonymity |
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To create your dating anonymity follow these eight easy steps:
1. Establish an anonymous email account. Be sure that the information you provide gives no clues to your real identity.*
2. Use your anonymous account whenever you join any online community or subscribe to a newsgroup, listserv, or message board where you plan to meet dates.
3. Use this account for online matchmaking databases, too, unless the matchmaking service you're using provides an anonymous email utility.
4. Never reveal the following information online, nor allow it to be associated with your anonymous email account:
- Your real name
- Your email at work
- Your family's email address
- Your address or place of residence
- The name of your neighborhood
- Your workplace or its address
- A school or appointment you attend regularly
- A vacation destination
5. Log into chatrooms with a nickname or cyberhandle. If you become overeager and reveal too much about yourself, exit and log in under another name.
6. Do not use the same nickname or cyberhandle in more than one chatroom.
7. If a homepage is part of your dating activities, give the host ISP your anonymous email and use a password-protected guestbook as the contact point for your dates.
8. Never reveal any passwords you use anywhere online.
* Free accounts are available at hotmail.com or through Yahoo!
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