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this post was submitted on 09 May 2026
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Why? I have firstnamelastname@domain.com and it makes giving out my email address super easy when I have to speak it aloud to someone who already has my full name.
For those who value privacy, it's bad opsec. First, your personal info such as real name should not be provided to every website you sign up for etc. Secondly, when info like that gets compromised you can't (easily) change your name, but it's easy to abandon some non-personal email. Same with biometric data - if your password is your fingerprint and an attacker is able to replicate it, you're screwed forever, instead of being able to just change to a new password.
I have a firstname.lastname email address, but I only use it for e.g. my son's school or work contacts, who already know me by my real name. It's not associated with any accounts or login info. I have an awful email address I created when I was 16 that gets used for signing up for random junk.
Yeah, I think its appropriate for e.g. government or job related stuff. Smart to use a burner for other stuff. Thee are also email alias services that allow you to make up new addresses that forward to your main account.
but how about firstname@lastname.ovh?