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		untog on April 30, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Introducing Anonymous Login and an Updated Faceboo... you can't deal with those situations when you're implementing something that's actually anonymous True, but this login isn't "actually anonymous" - but I can't think of a better term so I don't blame Facebook for using the one they did. It's effectively a global ID with no data attached to it.

thinkling on April 30, 2014 [–]

Pseudonymous is the term you're looking for, I think. An identity that's not tied to your real-world identity.

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