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Anything wrong with using my real name in email aliases with organizations I have to communicate using my real identity anyway? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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One example would be state disability programs, they already need my real name and identity to work with me. Are there any downsides to sharing a simplelogin alias containing my real name vs no containing my real name? I just think it would be easier record keeping for them.

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[–] Entropywins@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Someone took my name and I am forever a myname.2@blahblah.com

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can be first again if you get your own domain!

[–] sobriquet@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago

Get your own domain quickly! Or you might be myname@myname2.com

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Damn that sucks, I'm sorry :/

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 2 points 5 months ago

Should have taken therealmyname@blahblah.com.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 months ago

At my current university, I am firstname.lastname-4@university. My previous university, a much smaller one, I was fortunately firstname.lastname@otheruniversity, but the email client informed me there were two other people with my name there. It's wild because I didn't think I had a super common name.