My entire life I've had limited privacy due to my unique first name. A Google Search of 'Avolyn' will return mostly me. While I value privacy, I didn't grow up assuming I had privacy. I couldn't create blogs online as a kid without my parents finding them. I once had a guy on the road find my Myspace page because my license plate at 16 years-old read, 'Avolyn' and that was all he needed to find me online (no, my license plate does not currently read my name).

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