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People use the same user ID all over the place anyway. That includes the part before the "@" in their email address. If any one of those credentials is leaked,
by kijin 8y ago
People use the same user ID all over the place anyway. That includes the part before the "@" in their email address. If any one of those credentials is leaked, the damage is the same.
At least the email address can be easily changed when needed, whereas most sites don't allow changing the user ID.
- dingaling 8y agoMany years ago I used a forum that autogenerated usernames from a hash of responses to questions ( player name, age, city etc ) in a similar manner to those 'porn name' algorithms. Which was quite a relief in place of the usual 'invent a unique name' mindblank I often suffer. Similarly my banks issue me my website user strings. Why do so many website permit users to choose? Forcing the user to write-down their assigned designator might lead to better security, too, since they would seem at that point more open to writing-down a strong password.