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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.
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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.
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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.
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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

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