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That's an interesting juxtaposition. I think the core difference here is still that home address is somewhat bound to a physical location; you could have a cent
by pllbnk 2y ago
That's an interesting juxtaposition. I think the core difference here is still that home address is somewhat bound to a physical location; you could have a central registry which maps the old address to the new and carry them that way but that seems awfully impractical. On the other hand, with digital services such as email a comparatively simple regulation could solve it.
Of course, this might be the wrong thing to think about an email as a form of identification. Perhaps we should move to a better system altogether at least what is related to addressing.
- Leftium 2y agoAnother way to look at is: email domains are like international country codes. For example, you can't port a US number to a Korean number. I'm sure it's technically feasible to port international phone numbers, but I don't think it will happen. Perhaps email portability is similar in this respect. I realize there isn't much portability even within an email domain, but it does exist in some forms (maybe like how phone number portability may not be available in all countries): - Very unique case, but I know a certain Google employee whose email suddenly changed from OLD@gmail.com to NEW@gmail.com in my chat history. A search for NEW@gmail.com results in emails from both addresses (both highlighted), so they are linked somehow. And emails to OLD@gmail.com are still received.