• deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
    32·
    3 days ago

    Once saw hadcock@example.com at an employer. On the other hand Hannah thought it was hilarious.

    Hmm, that’s probably enough to dox myself to ex-collegues.

    • boonhet@lemm.ee
      9·
      3 days ago

      Okay if the ha came from Hannah, was her last name Dcock? Or was it Hannah D. Cock?

        • boonhet@lemm.ee
          71·
          3 days ago

          Oh, duh. As a person who’s had the same firstletterlastname format email at a company I’ve worked at, I should’ve realized that lmao

          Mostly I get given my first name or full name. Getting just firstname@company.com feels pretty awesome when it’s a common-ish name too.

            • boonhet@lemm.ee
              7·
              2 days ago

              Unfortunately that’s always been in small orgs lol

              Though in one that grew rapidly, I was in the last batch of people whose mugs had no last names on them. I think my employment contract was like #80 or something and 3 years later when I left, there were like 200 or 300 people working there

  • brown567@sh.itjust.works
    78·
    3 days ago

    I worked in IT for a bit and the automatically generated emails were first initial last name

    With manual adjustments in some cases, such as Sarah Hart (shart@…)

    • Railcar8095@lemm.ee
      39·
      3 days ago

      My company users first letter of the name and the full surname. I thought it was odd when I saw Gina.Ross@… Until I realized.

  • Rhaedas@fedia.io
    531·
    3 days ago

    It’s just an invitation to use the Unix finger utility to find user info on them. Like a shortcut to a profile.

    • meyotch@slrpnk.net
      7·
      3 days ago

      I have always made a .plan file on every unix-like system I have been on. Just in case I get fingered. Heck, even my at home single user devices have a .plan. Just to give the hackers a treat.

  • TheSlad@sh.itjust.works
    20·
    3 days ago

    I really hope she was able to get a different email. Cause after this has made the rounds on the internet theres no way that address is even usable anymore.

  • Davel23@fedia.io
    311·
    3 days ago

    I used to work with a guy named Paul Nessel who became “PNESS” on our network.

  • Sibbo@sopuli.xyz
    429·
    3 days ago

    Is this a US university? I’d imagine this Megan Finger here could sue for millions of punitive damages for getting such a username.

        • zeezee@slrpnk.net
          25·
          3 days ago

          contact IT and get it changed. who’s got time to spend years in court to settle for three fiddy…

        • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
          12·
          3 days ago

          Contact IT and get it change. There’s no way this is worthy of a lawsuit, let alone something worth million.

        • Maggoty@lemmy.world
          13·
          3 days ago

          Most states have laws saying there has to be a chance to take a simple remedy first. So your case would likely get thrown out if you didn’t go to IT and try first. It’s when you give them the opportunity to fix it and they refuse that you get rich.

          • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
            3·
            2 days ago

            even without such a law everyone’s going to think you’re an idiot anyways and not bother with your nonsense, always get evidence in writing.

    • arsCynic@beehaw.org
      11·
      3 days ago

      I don’t understand why it’s always in the millions. How the hell would this username account for millions in damage?

      • Yozul@beehaw.org
        51·
        3 days ago

        It isn’t. People just like to bring up the 2 or 3 most extreme examples from a country of a third of a billion people and pretend that’s a normal, everyday occurrence. You’d think that people would realize that none of us have ever actually met anyone that ever successfully sued anyone for millions of dollars and extrapolate, but they’d rather be mad at some imaginary problem in a way that conveniently makes it more difficult to use the legal system to defend ourselves from rich people if we “fix” it.

    • fl42v@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 days ago

      I’ve heard you guys hate puns, but dedicating a whole lawsuit type to them is a bit over the edge, IMO…