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Are the names and email addresses in the sample data real? They seem auto generated but the domains are real providers like Hotmail, Gmail, and Outlook.
by koolba 7y ago
Are the names and email addresses in the sample data real? They seem auto generated but the domains are real providers like Hotmail, Gmail, and Outlook.
- doronlinder 7y agoEverything is randomised, nothing is based real data. It's auto generated from popular first names, last names, changing patterns and random years or numbers attached at the end. Domains are real, but randomised as well.
- as1mov 7y agoIt's kinda risky in my opinion. I just checked a few of the addresses (mostly the one's without any numbers at the end), some of them do actually belong to real people.
- henryfjordan 7y agoWhat's the risk? Your email address isn't exactly a secret...
- as1mov 7y agoWell it's not exactly a risk, but people might get miffed their email is part of some website without their permission. Also, in a rather grim coincidence, one of the emails I googled belonged to a person who had died in a car crash few years ago.
- doronlinder 7y agoI was aiming for a feeling of dealing with real data (even though it's not). Changing the email domain names to fictitious ones will solve this, but I think would undermine the feeling of real-ness.
- Drip33 7y agoI searched a few emails in some local copies of data breaches and found real results
- code_duck 7y agoI was wondering the same thing. As combos of common names and providers, it seems extremely likely that many of those email addresses are valid addresses belonging to real people.