They can just make a new npub
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But now their face and association with nostr (and all that nostr related to) is known.
Even if they kill that identity, it’s been downloaded. It is now in a list somewhere of potential targets one day.
“It’ll never happen to me” is gambling. Hope is not a strategy.
Yes I agree, but it’s a sacrifice I respect them for making. Everything has tradeoffs, the pure nym with maximal anonymity is also maximally alone.