Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for accounts

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.

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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.

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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.

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