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Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by fn-mote »

MaxBarraclough wrote: post #349
mywacaday wrote: post #137

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I'm Irish and have a common firstname.lastname@gmail.com At some point the head of a national hospital thought he had that address and wasn't using his official email for everything, I got several emails that should not have been for me and some were quiet sensitive, I always emailed back the sender to let them know and eventually I emailed his secretary as it kept happening. I've also received purchase order confirm…

> I'm Irish and have a common firstname.lastname@gmail.com At the risk of nitpicking, @gmail.com email addresses use a dots don't matter policy [0] so really you have a common firstnamelastname@gmail.com and are free to add dots wherever you like. [0] https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150

Recently learned, to my surprise, that other major providers have not followed Google’s lead on this, so there are plenty of places dont.scam..me@ is a valid email (social engineering or typosquatting).

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by zaptheimpaler »

jspash wrote: post #286
donohoe wrote: post #208

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I use my lastname [at] gmail (same as my HN username). Over the years, I’ve received all sorts of misdirected messages: medical, financial, support, even real estate documents. When it seems important, I do my best to contact the sender and let them know. What I’ve learned is that “no-reply” email addresses can cause real harm in situations where it’s critical to reach an actual person.

I have lastname.firstname@gmail.com because first.last was already taken. Just curious, do gmail accounts ever expire? Will I ever get the chance to snag the other one? Or does it forever belong to my nemesis and life-long enemy?

Even if your google account is deleted, the email address is NOT recycled because it can be used to impersonate people - maybe the previous owner still has physical/digital accounts linked to that old email. As far as I know most services do this - an email address once registered is never released again.

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Post by toast0 »

glenneroo wrote: post #227
dan-robertson wrote: post #176

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What do you think happens today if you mail a letter addressed to the CEO of a big company (or their office)?

Please try... for science... and write about it and post here referencing this discussion. Thanks! :)

Depends on the company. Mail to the CEO is a well known customer support escalation path.

For companies that do generally support their customers, usually it gets you into an 'executive support' queue with people who are empowered to understand and solve problems that are mostly solvable --- you should be able to get money things made right, but don't expect product changes (but it can happen).

For companies that don't support their customers, it gets overwhelmed and may get dumped into the same usual support channels where reps aren't empowered to get anything done.

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by greesil »

rkomorn wrote: post #162
hoppp wrote: post #158

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Hi,my name is 1bd0a30d-b415-4747-9650-f1f6e530cd2a, can I get you something to drink?

What a coincidence! That's my name too!!

John Jacob Jingleheimer cfeb6ddc-43a5-4ba9-8a28-b71d93407c78, that's my name too. Whenever I go out, the people always shout, cfeb6ddc-43a5-4ba9-8a28-b71d93407c78

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Post by cbsmith »

bertil wrote: post #115

A friend of mine has a relatively common first name and last name, and she regularly gets mail that is clearly not meant for her. She started a Facebook group for homonyms to help her route mail, and it now have a hundred members and have helped people get important documents. At some point, they even organized an impersonation because someone needed to retrieve an official document and couldn’t be there in person. A…

I have this problem badly enough I was interviewed for this article: https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/work-colleague-same-...

You wouldn't believe some of the things that have shown up in my inbox.

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by toast0 »

willsmith72 wrote: post #224
fiatpandas wrote: post #200

Could anyone shed some light on the password reset email “hack”? I don’t really understand the attack sequence if the attacker doesn’t have access to your inbox. Even if you clicked them they don’t get access. My conclusion is trolling / annoyance. The same thing happens to my Instagram account, which is an old 3-letter username that is desirable. I get hundreds of reset emails per month, all generated by the real se…

how much are these services wasting sending out these emails? surely some rate limiting would be sensible

What are they wasting, other than recipient time?

Hundreds of reset mails a month is probably rate limited; otherwise it would be hundreds a day.

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Post by amarant »

krainboltgreene wrote: post #320
roywiggins wrote: post #298

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After two years of inactivity: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/12418290?hl=en

This answer is not actually correct. I have an account I deleted 18 years ago, still can’t make it again.

Could in theory be because someone else grabbed the account 16 years ago tho, unless I'm missing something?

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by Fnoord »

sebastiennight wrote: post #172
Fnoord wrote: post #93

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Why, we got something similar in other countries. Here in NL it is called BSN; Burger Service Number (burger means civilian). I believe the civilian should be able to create identities based on their private key (which only the government knows ) and these should have different details. Like for example, a nickname, a realname, a telephone number, and address, or multiple of these. But then, also the civilian should…

> on their private key (which only the government knows) What? Why? How is a key private if the government (which belongs to the public) can read/edit/use it?

Because the responsibility of the proof that you are you lies, ultimately, at the proper authorities.

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by multjoy »

donohoe wrote: post #208
zukzuk wrote: post #166

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I have a relatively rare name — I’ve actually never met anyone with my last name, never mind someone with my full name — and this happens to me regularly. Last week I got a job rejection from New Zealand post, for a while I was getting someone’s pay stub notifications from the US, etc. I suspect it’s because I was the first to register the first.last@gmail.com address for my name. I guess it’s a bit like owning a sim…

I use my lastname [at] gmail (same as my HN username). Over the years, I’ve received all sorts of misdirected messages: medical, financial, support, even real estate documents. When it seems important, I do my best to contact the sender and let them know. What I’ve learned is that “no-reply” email addresses can cause real harm in situations where it’s critical to reach an actual person.

One of my gmail doppelgängers has started trading crypto and I am deeply concerned for them.
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