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> 2 services moved my account to a different email address instead of deleting it. I was only able to detect this because they changed the mailbox part (the bit
by barbazoo 5y ago
> 2 services moved my account to a different email address instead of deleting it. I was only able to detect this because they changed the mailbox part (the bit in front of the @ sign) but left the domain unchanged. I capture all incoming emails to my domain, so I saw email-change confirmation emails and other emails arriving at the new unexpected addresses.
That's sketchy, especially if you don't own the domain but you're on a multi tenant domain like Gmail
- AnonC 5y agoAFAIK, with the default domains owned by the email providers, Gmail and Yahoo don’t recycle unused/deleted gmail/yahoo addresses ever (whereas other paid providers like Fastmail, Posteo, etc., do recycle within a few months or in a year or so). One needs to be wary of address recycling policies while using somebody else’s domain.
- paranoidrobot 5y agoThis is talking about registering with example@gmail.com on ServiceX. Then you ask ServiceX to delete your account, and they instead change your email address to example-deleted@gmail.com or something like that. I doubt GMail are going to stop you registering accounts that have arbitrary portions of your email being another registered user.
- AnonC 5y agoGP here. I understood that part on later reflection. Yes, any random name-deleted address could be registered by someone else. I’m unable to edit my previous comment now and correct it. Will add a note as a reply anyway.
- AnonC 5y agoI’m unable to edit my comment above, but I understood the problem of changing the email address (even to something like name-deleted, since it could be claimed or already registered by someone else). In this context, my comment above is pointless. :( Thanks also to @paranoidrobot for the additional explanation.
- Nextgrid 5y agoI had the same experience with a UK fintech.
- Matheus28 5y agoI had this happen with Adobe