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Description
A situation in which the name of a person who does something such as write a book or give information is not known or is kept secret. Instead of using their actual names while communicating, people instead choose to use pseudonyms (assumed names) or be anonymously (no name at all). For those individuals and any organizations that may support them, anonymity is critical. It may save the lives of those giving sensitive information.

Anonymity can be defined as the lock of identifiable by other Internet users and the inability to connect information back to an individual's offline identity. On the internet, anonymity allows users to divulge possible serious issues that would otherwise not be mentioned in a world where their identity was known. This allows a form communication that gives whistle blowers a large platform from which to be heard that is also relatively safe. This is creating a more open society where issues that were once difficult to speak about due to possible repercussions are beginning to be addressed without the fear that once kept people from speaking up.

Anonymity in Online Gaming
The medium in which can enable online gamers to maintain anonymity online while interacting with other gamers is avatar. They enable people to create a desired persona online. When people create an avatar based on themselves, the avatar created tends to be an idealized version of themselves not only in physical, but also in personality traits. Studies have found that our ability to create idealized versions of ourselves is strongly connected to how immersed we become in the game and how much we identify with our avatar