But say he works for some tech company and has a great story to share that may be a bit unflattering - if I've got his real name and he's high enough up the ladder, I'm a crunchbase search away from having a pretty good guess at what company it is, which could land him in hot water.
My point is that hiding his name wouldn't make it hard to find out who he is with an interesting enough story. So anonymity doesn't buy you license to speak freely.
