/biz/ - Business & Finance

>Welcome back to the /XMR/ general's weekly opsec discussion!
This week we are going to cover the concept of identity compartmentalization. This topic came by request of one of our fellow Monerochads, and while it is a tougher one to cover, especially in short form, it is an extremely important topic for everyone from noob to DNM administrator. As always, thank you for reading and please share your thoughts on the topic and suggestions for future articles!

>Previous weeks discussion
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>What does compartmentalization mean?

Compartmentalization of our identities, and activity online is the process by which we segregate our online personas and activities. In basic terms, this means for each activity, community, or purpose that we communicate online, we aim to have zero overlapping information, and avoid “self snitching” or doxxing ourselves accidentally.

>Why is compartmentalizing important?

We can think about compartmentalization of our online activities much like a ship. Modern ships are comprised of many water-tight compartments. By doing so, if the ship suffers a hole in its hull, the ingress of water can be contained to just one or a few of those water-tight compartments. This prevents mass flooding and losing the entire ship to Davie Jones locker. Compartmentalizing our online identities works in the same fashion. By segregating our activities, associated identities and our IRL identity, we can prevent a hostile actor from linking them all together to get a better picture of our online activities or even uncovering our IRL identity and sensitive accounts.