You can change your number

Re:You can change your number by thaumasiotes on Monday February 07, 2022 @10:12PM (#30254522)

> Seems you're passing the buck. Making it a "not my problem" issue and I think this is a big enough problem that it would make platforms like NYT wary of using such a system.

How? So you've got your account with a display name of "NYT_Whistleblower". Now... how does somebody else find it by accident?

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Re:You can change your number by godelski on Monday February 07, 2022 @11:06PM (#30254803)

I'm sure you can be creative enough where you can read between the lines and determine a valid username that is a near clash and someone might accidentally use that name instead.

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Re:You can change your number by 3np on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @12:29AM (#30255221)

Ever heard of typosquatting?

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