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Re:Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for ... by mark-r on Sunday December 31, 2023 @10:52AM (#38824862)
I once had my email change because my ISP was bought out. Absolutely nothing I could do about it. The old email was forwarded for 12 months, then cut off completely.
Re:Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for ... by otteromkram on Sunday December 31, 2023 @11:43AM (#38825297)
Did you use that time to update relevant accounts?

Not sure what the gripe is here, especially with a one year notification period.

Re:Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for ... by saagarjha on Sunday December 31, 2023 @11:48AM (#38825345)
It means you lose accounts that use the email address as your identity and don’t let you change it.
Re:Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for ... by fshr on Sunday December 31, 2023 @01:34PM (#38826296)
Can you give a couple examples? I can't think of any accounts that don't allow an email change.
Re:Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for ... by saagarjha on Sunday December 31, 2023 @04:26PM (#38827663)
Say, for example, systems that directly expose your email address as the identifier that can be used to reach you. "Send money to [email protected] [using our service]" kind of sites.
Re:Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for ... by justsomehnguy on Sunday December 31, 2023 @10:33PM (#38829552)
Not everything is a phpBB forum.

Also:

> Select Google Account email. If you can't open this setting, it might not be possible to change your email or username.

> If your account's email address ends in @gmail.com, you usually can't change it.

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/19870

Re:Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for ... by lapsed_pacifist on Sunday December 31, 2023 @01:18PM (#38826170)
There are accounts which do not allow you to change the email the account is registered to.
Re:Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for ... by fshr on Sunday December 31, 2023 @01:34PM (#38826292)
Can you give a couple examples? I can't think of any accounts that don't allow an email change.
Re:Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for ... by darinpantley on Sunday December 31, 2023 @10:15PM (#38829495)
I changed my email address in ~200 accounts and only had trouble updating a few: BuiltIn, CPUID, Flickr, Kakao, JCrew, Nord, and Steiger.

After I contacted Kakao support, they asked for some documents. Then they called me to verify the details. A day or two later, they updated my online profile with an editable email field, so I was finally able to update my email address.

When I contacted JCrew chat support, they performed the update immediately and emailed me a temporary password from [email protected].

Flickr and Steiger were also happy to help. TBD on the others.

So I can't think of any accounts that don't allow an email change either. But you might have to jump through some hoops.

Re:Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for ... by mark-r on Sunday December 31, 2023 @04:25PM (#38827649)
I updated all the accounts I could remember, but to this day I don't know if there were any I forgot. I figure if I forgot one, it must not have been important.

P.S. not a gripe, just adding an anecdata.

Re:Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for ... by pseudalopex on Sunday December 31, 2023 @05:14PM (#38827989)
1 of the article's points was accounts must be designed to be updated.