The first question that comes to mind is "Is Anonymity Online important ?" And until today, I wasn't sure of the answer, but would tend to veer towards the opposite. The rationale being that we are not anonymous in real life, such as at work, or on the road, or when we fly, or at home, or ...
Until earlier this week I came across the Tor Project. And I was converted. While we need not always be anonymous, there is great value to be able to be anonymous on-demand.
The TOR website does a great job of explaining the issues and the use cases.
https://www.torproject.org/
Or better still, you can watch Jacob Applebaum's TedX talk.
The Tor Project, protecting online anonymity:
Jacob Appelbaum at TEDxFlanders
And here's a quick visual depiction of how the TOR network works.
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