In general I wish it would become a trend to stop displaying usernames at the to of sites. Reddit for example does this and I wish they didn't.
Ask HN: Please give us an option to hide our username in the upper right corner
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#3Then log out.
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#4So I'd recommend a different approach, like getting a privacy screen guard so the screen can only be viewed from a limited angle. Or get a pair of AR/XR glasses so only you can see the content and you can keep your device's screen off.
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#5Isn't it a bigger issue that they can even see your screen in the first place? Like what if you have to type a password or PIN into some app/website, or some other personal info? So I'd recommend a different approach, like getting a privacy screen guard so the screen can only be viewed from a limited angle. Or get a pair of AR/XR glasses so only you can see the content and you can keep your device's screen off.
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#6If you install this script in the Tampermonkey extension for Firefox/Chrome, it will automatically hide your username and your score on all HN pages.
https://gist.github.com/scpedicini/43f95d5e00af49110c41754ea...
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#7Assuming you can run Tampermonkey, you can use my script which I've adapted to hide both the score and the username. It’s a script I personally use because I don’t like seeing my score since it just feels like a silly number, and I’d rather focus on the content than on whether my "number" goes up or down. If you install this script in the Tampermonkey extension for Firefox/Chrome, it will automatically hide your user…
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#10That way you'd have to scroll to the very bottom before it appears.