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Re:Maigret: Collect a dossier on a person by username from t... by ergodic1 on Sunday October 02, 2022 @08:36PM (#33062009)
Someone needs to build a 1password for usernames.
Re:Maigret: Collect a dossier on a person by username from t... by bee_rider on Sunday October 02, 2022 @09:24PM (#33062343)
Most password managers will already do this, right? Like the iOS and Firefox built in ones will remember a username/password pair.
Re:Maigret: Collect a dossier on a person by username from t... by weaksauce on Sunday October 02, 2022 @09:24PM (#33062346)
they mean generator
Re:Maigret: Collect a dossier on a person by username from t... by bee_rider on Sunday October 02, 2022 @09:30PM (#33062389)
Hmm.

There are various fantasy name generators, for D&D and the like.

Re:Maigret: Collect a dossier on a person by username from t... by weaksauce on Sunday October 02, 2022 @09:24PM (#33062344)
that is built into bitwarden actually
Re:Maigret: Collect a dossier on a person by username from t... by jonas-w on Sunday October 02, 2022 @09:37PM (#33062443)
Yes also with plus addressed E-Mail, or a catch-all E-Mail generator or if you use Firefox Relay etc a generator for these. But the username generator is just a random English word plus a number.
Re:Maigret: Collect a dossier on a person by username from t... by retox on Monday October 03, 2022 @12:41AM (#33063542)
I'd never heard of Firefox Relay, thanks for that.

https://relay.firefox.com/

Re:Maigret: Collect a dossier on a person by username from t... by _Algernon_ on Monday October 03, 2022 @05:30AM (#33065208)
I find lastpass's generator acceptable. https://www.lastpass.com/features/username-generator
Re:Maigret: Collect a dossier on a person by username from t... by xena on Monday October 03, 2022 @03:16AM (#33064424)
Use a D&D character name generator