There’s nothing like meeting bitcoiners in real life… do it… you’ll make friends for life
Unless you are extreme, your OpSec probably isn’t what you think… the state can find out exactly who you are if they don’t already know
If you are concerned about random people knowing your real name then don’t use it… and there is often an understanding of either no photo's, or of being careful not to take photos of people you haven’t asked
We’ll never get global adoption if we don’t embrace people in meat space