It is what it is. I generally don't even use an anonymous email for accounts where I'm going to have to provide my real information to purchase something anyway. It's a game store, what are you going to do on there that is going to be that incriminating? Buy 10 copies of Hotel Mario?
Yeah for legit launchers and stuff; but my random accounts use an old hotmail of mine linked to an online username I dont use so much anymore. It's really just to avoid spam, not some protection of my "IDENTITY!!!"
Going around town buying a few things on a credit card reveals way more info than buying something from a digital store lol
- Where you actually went around town, the CC company can basically track you all over the world
- What you bought, at a physical store.. could be medicines revealing health conditions, whether your junk works, etc.
- And of course they want to and generally know your financial background; want good credit? You tell them your employer, and your income.. they constantly harp you for that info, and updates to it
- And that all requires real info, and you even give them your social
- And all of this behind the scenes is shared with the advertising companies of the world.. you think your phone is listening to you, and that's why you got advertised something? No, it's likely because someone you know bought that thing, which is why you were talking about it in the first place and why you think your phone was listening... because they told you about it.. and you are linked to that person in those databases via friends lists, or the CC companies figuring out you split bills at restaurants, etc.,etc.,etc.
On something like EGS you can have it never store payment info, and if you use something like PayPal, all they ever get is the email associated with your PayPal.. no real name or anything actually has to be given up.
If you REALLY care about that stuff.
My feeling is.. people don't really care.. or at least, aren't smart enough to do anything useful about it. Since they go around spending money on CCs anyways.