Banksy and the lost art of keeping a secret

For anyone curious, the identity of the man who is very likely Banksy has been known for almost 20 years. It can be pieced together through old Reddit threads, dead message boards and bits of reporting from British tabloids. Photos identifying the person have been published for almost as long. For a time, plausible deniability was just enough for it never to be confirmed. No person who has claimed to know Banksy has ever come forward to out him.