Digital Alter Egos

Published: Feb. 8, 2016, 7:38 p.m.

Are you really "you" online? We asked around for stories of digital alter egos — secret identities that people maintain on the web and try to keep separate from their real life identities. And it turns out there are lots of reasons — some good, some nefarious, some maybe both — to have an alternate persona online. On this episode we share stories of Catfishers, sock puppets, and digital doppelgangers. Reference Section Photo courtesy of carbonnyc Music courtesy of Podington Bear, MCJackinthebox, Blue Dot Sessions, and David Szesztay This week's episode produced by Daniel Dennis Jones and Elizabeth Gillis, with oversight from Gretchen Weber, and extra help from Adam Holland, Tiffany Lin, Rebekah Heacock Jones, Annie Pruitt, and Carey Andersen. More info on this story here: https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/99359