“By providing your common name, you will be assisting all people you know–friends, family members, classmates, co-workers, and other acquaintances–in finding and creating a connection with the the right person online.” This is how Katie Watson, a Google representative, explained the company’s decision to disallow Google+ users from registering accounts under anything other than their real names, though they’re welcome to add “other names.” So, for instance, the hacker Geohot would have to register under his real name George Holtz, though he’d be welcome to add his better-known handle as an extra. READ MORE
