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when did email addresses become like social security numbers? so someone finds out your email? block them, problem solved. yes they can find your FB account,

• elliottcarlson 16y ago
  I don't care if anyone has my email address, Facebook or Twitter. It's one of the reasons I use my full name to post on HN - I personally want to be found. The problem is that not everyone is of that mentality, and that while this might seem like a minor info leak, it can still be damaging. I wouldn't want one of our producers, assistants, whatevers to schedule a meeting with an important client, only for it to reveal some AOL style username contain at least the numbers 69 and some reference to a body part. I also wouldn't want some of our more intense clients to have one of their personal email addresses and either email them there, or look up any of their Facebooks etc. The bottom line is that it is an information leak that according to their privacy policy is guarded against.