🚀 go-pugleaf

dhesi@cirrus.com (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
}dag@ossi.com (Darren Alex Griffiths) writes:
} [...finger...]  Even worse, [you can find idle usernames].
}Isn't this carrying security by obscurity just a bit too far?  In
}today's networking world, finding usernames is too easy.  Just scan
}Usenet and collect email addresses -- you can build up a HUGE
}collection in a day.  If you want idle usenames, well, do another scan
}a month later, and look for the ones that aren't found any more.

Nothing says a site has to use usernames as e-mail/news addresses.
I expect firstname.lastname@site will probably become more popular
for this and other reasons.

John
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