Peter da Silva wrote:
>> I have to remember which contortion of my usual username wasn't
>> already taken by some previous user of the system. GAAAAH!
>
> As opposed to remembering which email address you used?
At least that is under you control (largely). I try to use one of two
different email addresses for registering (one for work, one for other
but there is a grey area of techy sites I use for both...). I am not
forced to choose a different id by some other guy being the first
"andrew" "andrewb" "adb" "redmonkey" "android" or whatever.
There is a minor problem if people share an address (eg
[email protected]) but I assume that doesn't affect people on
this list :-). That is another hate, but it is hate of what software
allows you to do, not software itself.
What happens when you want to change it?
Then you probably need to reconfirm.
Do you foresee any problems?
If you know the existing email address + password, you
- log on
- change email address
- system sends you a confirm to new address
- reply to or contact http://somesite/abasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfaasdfas
OK - this is a security loophole - someone can change address knowing
only your email+ password.
If you have access to the existing email address and forget password
then the systems sends you a change password message to the existing.
The problem comes if you forget the password and can't access the old
address (eg changed job).
