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po1nttoday at 8:55 AM1 replyview on HN

Yes, if there is a set of strings that can uniquely identify you, and you can't have it removed, nor act like somebody else, it's your identity.

Even GDPR admits it


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skywhoppertoday at 9:28 AM

So, your name is also this sort of identifier. But an “identifier” is not an “identity” in the way you mean it. Sometimes words are used in multiple ways.