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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9835843" data-attributes="member: 18">I mean, where does an 800lb gorilla sit? Wherever it wants.It's the same situation here. You say "No" and they say "Ok" or they try and politely and like grownups make their case to you until you either agree (or agree to some limited form of it) or get bored and leave. What are they going to do, blackmail you? They push that even an inch too far and not only are they potentially personally dead (and remember, 95% of people are massive cowards, including the sort of people who would be sent to negotiate with you, even if you're terribly nice, they're probably going to constantly be thinking about how you could kill them with a glance), but you might level cities if they pushed your buttons hard enough.The reality is two-fold:1) If you operate based out of a country for more than a few months, that country's intelligence services will work out who your secret identity is.2) Intelligence services do leak, but most don't leak easily or constantly. Your identity would have to be compartmentalized at the highest levels. Also they'd be working extra-hard to prevent any leaks here, because it's literally the only hold they have on you.They have to work with you, if you want a secret identity, you kind of have to work with them at least a bit.I do think any identity will eventually be discovered, but it'll happen a lot sooner without major people helping you.</blockquote>