Same here I got my gmail in 2002 and used [email protected]. There was someone who signed up as [email protected] which as you may know gmail doesn’t require a “.”. There is another guy who uses [email protected] and consistently forgets to use that permutation.
> Same here I got my gmail in 2002
Pretty impressive given that it launched in 2004.
> and used [email protected]. There was someone who signed up as [email protected]
That's not possible. Gmail won't let you sign up for an already in use email and they strip the dots before they check.
Re:The Most Misused SSN of All Time
by JetSpiegel on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @06:46PM
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Maybe that wasn't implemented in 2002.
Re:The Most Misused SSN of All Time
by londons_explore on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @01:52PM
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if you have [email protected], then someone else cannot sign up as [email protected]. Gmail addresses are required to be unique after all dots are removed.
Re:The Most Misused SSN of All Time
by stevewillows on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @03:51PM
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I rarely use twitter, but I've got @stevew -- and I get a lot of truncated mentions about Woz and others.
So now everyone with that lastname uses this email address. I get party invitations, venmos, confidential hospital forms, tax returns, you name it.