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Prefer only 'they' for personal pronouns due to privacy and security

This is specifically regarding updates to the new CoC (Official FAQ on gender pronouns and Code of Conduct changes) addressing personal pronouns. The point, up front With Internet hackers, bots, and ...
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"this user prefers to keep an air of mystery about them" - can this wording be changed?

I'm posting this question anonymously for obvious reasons. It should be on meta, but I can't post there anonymously. It would be great if someone would move it there. The new head of the Department ...
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1 answer
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How did TIBCO / Marketo obtain my Stack Exchange profile e-mail address for spamming?

My Stack Exchange profile has a specific e-mail address that I use on no other Internet site, and should be unguessable. My Developer Story is set to private. My profile has an uploaded image, not ...
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How to handle possible user tracking through images?

I have come across a site-meta question that ended up on the Hot Meta Posts side bar. At the time of writing, that post has about 1000 views. Accidentally I noticed that OP used his own server (his ...
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2 answers
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What information does Stack Overflow collect when signing in with OpenID?

What exact information does Stack Overflow collect when signing in with OpenID?
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How can it be that people know my email adress?

Hi, I have a Stack Overflow account and I once asked a question about mounting sparse bundles. Now I just received an email from someone I don't know: Hi you, I just found your question about ...
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11 answers
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What causes people to always hide data that helps in answering problems?

I've seen a long standing trend here, and I know some of the reasons why people do what they do. What they do is use 'thedomain.com' or 'example.com' when showing the actual domain at hand would make ...
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