I’ve been noticing an influx of users with anonomized usernames (ie: fjdasklfpudiosa722104891fdaf20j.srv.us).

As a moderator this concerns me because it immediately triggers a ‘this is a bot or nefarious actor’ instinct. Is there any reason not to be wary of these accounts?

  • @[email protected]
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    16 days ago

    Have you found a convenient way of generating those? And does it integrate with any password manager you might be using?

    I use Apples “Hide my email” with the password manager so I always have a randomly generated email and randomly generated password and they’re managed together. However there’s not really support for a username distinct from but in addition to email, nor a way to generate those randomly

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      23 days ago

      I use random websites that don’t require Javascript, tbh, and manually paste the name into KeePassXC.

    • @[email protected]
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      56 days ago

      Bitwarden does it nicely, you can click the random button on the username field when adding a new entry.