Ask HN: How much do you value your anonymity online?

Anonymity online is becoming more and more of a luxury these days. If I come across someone professionally or personally all I need to do is google them and in most cases I'll get a very good idea about their habits, friends, interests... etc (not just what they say).

Personally I value my anonymity and privacy very much and I maintain that online by controlling where my real name appears and what it is associated with(as best I can), fragmenting my online personas limiting interactions using my real name. But with greater interconnectedness of social networks and content sites, this is getting harder to do. And then there is google, with Eric Schmidt saying ridiculous things like "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place."

Should I even bother, is it even resonable to expect to meet people and be genuinely surprised?