Puppetry - Unapproved use of another person's virtual identity.

A disharmony exists between a virtual identity of the self and a real social identity, whether it be in the form of a trait or attribute.

"Is an ideal 'community' made up of virtual identities a utopia?"

In particular, the impact of virtual identities and communities on our base-line distinction between real and make-believe now provokes less existential anxiety.

The Internet provides virtual worlds that, in turn, provide individuals an outlet for their virtual identity or identities (Turkle, 1995).

Users are able to customize their virtual identity and craft a persona to their liking.

Home functions as a meeting space and customizable virtual identity, sort of like Second Life meets MySpace.

A plethora of virtual sexual identities are represented in online profiles.

Wallets of multiple virtual identities; ideally unlinkable.

Such wallets allow the efficient and easy creation, management and usage of virtual identities.