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Far too many websites don't do this. A lot of people seem to think that my Gmail address is their's, so I end up signed up for a lot of email lists. I'm sure A
by pottertheotter 6y ago
Far too many websites don't do this. A lot of people seem to think that my Gmail address is their's, so I end up signed up for a lot of email lists.
I'm sure Apple is good about this now, but many years ago someone had used my Gmail address for their Apple ID. I wanted to switch my Apple account to use my Gmail, but couldn't because someone else's account used it. Support told me they couldn't do anything about it. I don't know why it didn't occur to me to do this first, but I just reset their password, changed the email address to something else, and reclaimed my email.
- bbx 6y ago> I just reset their password, changed the email address to something else, and reclaimed my email. I understand it’s the other user’s fault for using your email address in the first place, but I wonder if you could have contacted them to warn them about the change (since they would lose access to their Apple account instantly, with no recovery option). I’m not blaming you. I’m just wondering how it would be done, if needed. I assume that user, when signing up with your email, either a) made a mistake b) was being unhelpful c) or didn’t understand he whole email/ID concept.
- emilecantin 6y agoI've been on the receiving end of a similar thing (but with a gaming website), and there's a flaw with your logic: How would you contact them? The email address they used is yours, it's not like you can just send them an email, you don't have their address.
- SenHeng 6y agoApple's obviously not going to revert the previous AppleID to your email but I would bet that address is on some kind of 'might be sketchy' list now.