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05-09-2008, 06:40 PM
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| Junior Techie  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sheridan, OR, USA
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 |  Safe to use person's full name in email address? I am setting up new Gmail addresses for my parents. They would like to know if it would be safe to use their full names for the prefix. It would be easier for everyone that way, but I didn't know if that would allow a hacker to associate their emails with their real identity in any way. i.e. (johndoe@gmail.com) (janedoe@gmail.com) What do you think?
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05-09-2008, 06:59 PM
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| Tech-Forums Management Das BanHammer  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The South
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| Re: Safe to use person's full name in email address? Depends on the person. i have email with my full name, and I have email without it. I use the email with my name for "official" stuff.
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05-09-2008, 10:46 PM
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| Commander SMod Autobot  Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In Trotter's crawl space
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| Re: Safe to use person's full name in email address? I would just say First initial and full last name. OR full first name and last inital.
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05-10-2008, 05:59 AM
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| Super Moderator  Join Date: May 2005 Location: Locked in a dungeon, Perth
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| Re: Safe to use person's full name in email address? personally i would not use my full name in an email address, it does give away some information about yourself and you don't really want information about yourself on the internet.
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05-10-2008, 07:46 PM
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| Lurker Techie  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Dakota
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  | Re: Safe to use person's full name in email address? I use my first name, and half of my last name for mine.
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