SummitGnome@reddthat.comcake to asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoWith usernames omitting the full address of a username in posts (in most applications), won't impersonation be a massive issue on Lemmy?message-squaremessage-square111linkfedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down11
arrow-up184arrow-down1message-squareWith usernames omitting the full address of a username in posts (in most applications), won't impersonation be a massive issue on Lemmy?SummitGnome@reddthat.comcake to asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square111linkfedilink
minus-squareRickRussell_CA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoBut if you want to confirm which instance a username is from, you can do that. Even if reader apps hide it, you can always check the web page.
minus-squareRickRussell_CA@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoYeah but who’s going to bother doing that?
minus-squaremykl@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoHaha, Liftoff! to the rescue. Full usernames FTW
minus-squareFierroGamer@vlemmy.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoAnyone who actually needs to know that info
minus-squarebuckybeaky@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoIf you can’t be bothered to check you probably don’t need to know who the author really is
minus-squareb34k@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoThe app I’m running (Mlem) shows that you’re lemm.ee while the other RickRussell_CA is lemmy.world when I click on either of your names. I think that’s an easy enough lift to sort it out, (though direct display might still be better).
minus-squareJimmyDean@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoDamn, straight up doxxed a fella. Cold af
But if you want to confirm which instance a username is from, you can do that. Even if reader apps hide it, you can always check the web page.
Yeah but who’s going to bother doing that?
Haha, Liftoff! to the rescue. Full usernames FTW
Anyone who actually needs to know that info
If you can’t be bothered to check you probably don’t need to know who the author really is
The app I’m running (Mlem) shows that you’re lemm.ee while the other RickRussell_CA is lemmy.world when I click on either of your names.
I think that’s an easy enough lift to sort it out, (though direct display might still be better).
Damn, straight up doxxed a fella. Cold af