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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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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If possible you should always try to have the email for your real name to use for business and government stuff.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Get your own domain quickly! Or you might be [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Damn that sucks, I'm sorry :/

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 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.