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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

With usernames omitting the full address of a username in posts (in most applications), won't impersonation be a massive issue on Lemmy?

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With usernames omitting the full address of a username in posts (in most applications), won't impersonation be a massive issue on Lemmy?

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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

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Isn’t it only if you have something configured in display name?
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  Oh. This makes sense.
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  Oh yeah good point, I have a displayname configured.

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