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Just give me some privacy: Anonymous Wikipedia editors explain why they don't want you to know who they are

Not everyone who strives to navigate the internet without being tracked is up to no good. This is the underlying premise of a qualitative study led by a trio of Drexel University researchers, who set out to gather the stories of people working on collaborative projects online—like editing Wikipedia—and are concerned about their privacy and taking steps to protect it.
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