Online, there are no boundaries.

Online boundaries are porous. What does that mean for identification?

1960s SIDE VIEW OF MAN IN SHIRT TIE & THICK BLACK GLASSES WORKING WITH IBM DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images)

This was originally written for another publication, but the final draft ended up being a much different piece. I decided to publish this first draft here, because I still liked it quite a bit!

When I…