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0 pointshughes9y ago0 comments

I get notifications about that from Facebook sometimes. It is a bit unnerving to hear that someone is attempting to repeatedly log in with my email address, but it certainly prompts me to make sure my accounts are locked down well.

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knz9y ago

Do you have an email address that may be similar to others?

My work recently implemented a login process for customers and it was surprising how many user errors we had related to names/emails that were similar (so bob@gmail.com vs nob@gmail.com etc - these were not the actual addresses but you get the idea).

lucb1e9y ago

> login

> emails

There's your problem. If autocomplete didn't exist I'd go nuts having to type my email address, and clearly those people don't have autocomplete or they wouldn't be making mistakes. Just use usernames.

nommm-nommm9y ago

Then nobody remembers their user name, I don't remember any of mine. If I didn't have LastPass I'd be password resetting on every financial account I have.

knz9y ago

Unfortunately that was a management decision rather than technical decision!

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knz9y ago

Do you have an email address that may be similar to others?

lucb1e9y ago

> login

> emails

nommm-nommm9y ago

Then nobody remembers their user name, I don't remember any of mine. If I didn't have LastPass I'd be password resetting on every financial account I have.

knz9y ago

Unfortunately that was a management decision rather than technical decision!

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