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Re:Columnist asked researchers what they could find out from... by orev on Thursday August 15, 2019 @05:48PM (#20710030)
If you use any kind of name you run the risk of it being guessed. Use a passphrase generator to get something completely random and easy to say over the phone.
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Re:Columnist asked researchers what they could find out from... by RussianCow on Thursday August 15, 2019 @07:33PM (#20710727)
There are thousands if not millions of possible names you could use. As long as you don't use something very common, you should be okay.
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