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Re:How I got my username on nearly every site by piyush_soni on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @08:44AM (#20458805)
Wow. You know it is inconsiderate of you to do that, but you are still sharing details on how you did it as if it's an achievement. Most people want the same username on all websites, but really, one month's of inactivity is a very short period of time to kidnap someone's username. There are companies that give six months (or more) of maternity/paternity leave alone.
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Re:How I got my username on nearly every site by edent on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @08:45AM (#20458811)
I agree. I was shocked that some sites only gave 48 hours notice.

What are you going to do to protect your accounts now you have that knowledge?

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Re:How I got my username on nearly every site by MagicAndi on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @08:55AM (#20458876)
Terence, I love how you are throwing it back on others to protect their social media account names from being snatched by people like you.

[Edit] Corrected typo in Terence's name.

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Re:How I got my username on nearly every site by edent on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @09:00AM (#20458915)
When I started out doing this, I thought it would be a lot harder to grab the names. And I thought it would take several months. Frankly, a month isn't long enough and 48 hours is downright shocking.
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Re:How I got my username on nearly every site by homonculus1 on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:24PM (#20461191)
...Then why do you continue doing it?
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Re:How I got my username on nearly every site by sieabahlpark on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @02:25PM (#20462553)
Because he doesn't want it to happen to him?
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Re:How I got my username on nearly every site by piyush_soni on Thursday July 18, 2019 @12:05AM (#20466596)
So if you don't want to get robbed, you rob everyone else in anticipation?
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Re:How I got my username on nearly every site by Secretmapper on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @09:07AM (#20458983)
FWIW, I'm kinda disappointed at how a lot of people here seems to be on your case and downvoting you, when I think the post was quite informative to show how easy it is to acquire usernames from sites, and that maybe companies should rethink the policies.

If it was in isolation, say 'it takes 48 hours to take a username from SoundCloud' then I couldn't care less, but showing it happen on multiple sites and how they address it does make one think.

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Re:How I got my username on nearly every site by piyush_soni on Thursday July 18, 2019 @12:09AM (#20466609)
The post would be informative (only) had he been showing how easy it is to get others' usernames but not actually taking it. I mean, imagine someone wanting to demonstrate how easy it is to kill someone when he's walking on the road.
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Re:How I got my username on nearly every site by gitrebase on Thursday July 18, 2019 @06:05AM (#20468309)
But how would he learn how easy it is to get other's usernames without actually taking it? He has to run through the whole process at least once to be sure that the process he would share with us works or not.
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Re:How I got my username on nearly every site by piyush_soni on Thursday July 18, 2019 @08:05AM (#20468890)
If you read the whole post, at a few websites he had to email their support, asking for transfer of their usernames. Once they agreed to give in 'next 48 hours', he could have finally said, "No thanks, I just wanted to test how easy it is." You just need the will. I bet all this sharing of info was an after thought.
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