> And I know you have a username on Hacker News permanently assigned to you. Having a "permanent" identity is the default.

It’s not permanent. HN does not comply with GDPR in that I can be denied authorship of my comments if my account is deleted. This is contrary to my rights as an author in the EU.

also, I post under my government/slave name. What do you have on the line, anon?

Most HN posts are not protected by EU copyright though. A certain level of intellectual creation is needed for that.

I am speaking of my posts, which I make myself, so that caveat if it even exists could not apply in my case.