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What's to prevent someone from hijacking my username? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by YourHuckleberry@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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Since usernames are only unique to the instance it's created on, what's to stop someone from creating a copycat username in order to impersonate another user?

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[-] Dewbs84@lemmy.fmhy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

Comrade, it is OUR username

[-] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

On Reddit I'd link r/communism... Here I guess I just link lemmygrad?

[-] IverCoder@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

!genzedong@lemmygrad.ml (but take note that lemmy.world has defederated from them)

[-] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Wtf no they didn't https://lemmy.world/instances

Don't give me a heart attack like that again

[-] IverCoder@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Oh I was thinking about a different instance lol

this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2023
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