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Maintaining multiple identities does take some work, but like most of these practices, it mostly requires some curiosity, patience and attention. After a while, it will become habitual like everything else we do online (think of how complex our social networking habits are!) The main point is to always stay vigilant in order to keep your identities separated, or else they will very quickly begin to mix with one another. As a start, you can keep notes on your identities to help you to avoid any awkward situations where you confuse one with another (but do think carefully about where you host or keep those notes!). There are also technical things you can do that are detailed below. In any case, take into account that those recommendations focus on identity management using desktop computers and may not always apply to the same activities using mobiles devices. Sadly, mobile devices have metadata and security concerns that are harder to control and manage, which is part of why they are consistently described as inherently insecure devices.