Ask HN: Login Name as Alternative to Username

Re:Ask HN: Login Name as Alternative to Username by onlinejk on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @01:47PM (#26557888)

To clarify, am I right to interpret this:

* "I could assign phone number as primary login"

... as equal to this:

* Change old login value ([email protected]) to new login value (3035551212)

If so, personally I wouldn't like that most of my usernames were going to be same. I realize different usernames is security through obscurity at best, but that is my initial reaction.

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Re:Ask HN: Login Name as Alternative to Username by anonHash on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @02:45PM (#26558669)

I agree.

If username is public, then it is not secure by obscurity. Email addresses for email account are public. So by changing login from email address to phone number we enhance security.

At the same time, we change it to a unique username instead of phone number we also enhance security.

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