Should I use my real name on my website?

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Hi,

I wan't to set up a website. Ideally i'd like to use my real name on the copyright text in the footer, and have a sort of mini profile about me. But could this pose any security risks?

TIA,
ng93
 
Cheers for the points. What's the danger of using my real name and username together? Just curious as the website will eventually have a forum, and it would be annoying to use my full name as my forum username. What if I made a new username just for this, different to my OcUK/PSN/etc.?

Edit: I had another website ages ago whos hosting/domain doesn't run out for another ~6 months. Just checked the WhoIS for that and it's got my name/address (I wasn't very clued up on websites when I made it so didn't know this would happen). Is there anyway to change this? Thanks
 
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TBH i'm not really sure what the security risks would be, just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing anything stupid. I suppose things like fraud and spam. Passwords are all very complex, and different for everything.
 
^ The website is for a product i'm making so yes it would be very useful to have it associated with me personally. I generally try not to act like a **** online, although I suspect that's subjective ;). I do care about privacy and security (hence this thread), and i'd prefer to be anonymous, but in this situation it would be very useful to use my real identity hence i'm willing to take the risk.

Anyway cheers for the help guys :)
 
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