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Who will you be today?

In today’s go-go crazy world, websites and companies want to know who YOU are. This may be for simple identification purposes, such as for a cookie or to just log-in. There are also companies wanting to authenticate your age or if you are a resident of a certain country before they provide service to you. Privacy advocates, social scientists and everyday joes alike will love the service that Fake Name Generator provides. Here is an excerpt from the site ->
There are a ton of uses for this service. Here are a few examples:

Quality test data can be hard to come by, especially with laws (such as HIPPA) preventing use of real data. We can quickly and affordably generate test data to help you develop your application.
Many websites, such message boards, are poorly designed, making it difficult for visitors from foreign countries to sign up for accounts. Using fake information, you can easily fill out the sign up forms and log in to the site.
Use fake information when filling out forms to avoid giving out personal information.
Generate a false identity to use as your pseudonym on the internet. This allows you to keep your real life and your internet life seperate.
Get ideas for names to use for characters in a book or story.
Generated credit cards can be used to test basic client-/server-side validation techniques without accidently processing a real card.
Generated national identity numbers can be used to test basic client-/server-side validation techniques without risking disclosure of real information.

It seems that this website and others like it will be doing a lot of business in the years to come! Hello 1984!