Why different users names ?

[Drago]

It would, but you'd need to resort to criminal activity to obtain it.

 

[swansonj]

i's sure the passenger manifest for the ferries you used is easily hackable! giving your likely name in one hit.

No need. We already know his name from his SAR activities without hacking anything.

 

[Markymark]

It would, but you'd need to resort to criminal activity to obtain it.

....and criminals wanting to defraud you would never do that would they??

 

[Dirk]

Raised in Shetland, volunteers for Search and Rescue - ex copper and squaddie, powerlifter, daughter owns a H**** S** and drives a ***, has an unhealthy sexual obsessions with ex Countdown host....Richard Whitely.

You forgot: Lives in H*******, ....... no that's too much info.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

I've always wanted to be @Noodley but some cockwomble stole it before me.

Last seen May 2014 in Belfast, could be buried under a tree now

 

[Accy cyclist]

Do any of you use different passwords for different accounts? If so how do you remember them?. Ok you probably have them written down or have a good memory,but i'd lose the paper they were written down on or forget them if they were in my head, so i use my dad's Christian name for all my passwords.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Do any of you use different passwords for different accounts? If so how do you remember them?. Ok you probably have them written down or have a good memory,but i'd lose the paper they were written down on or forget them if they were in my head, so i use my dad's Christian name for all my passwords.

Notebook. Less easy to loose than a bit of paper. Oooo - now I'm very hackable . Must put book in safe (and write combination on scruffy bit of paper). Aw heck........

 

[Levo-Lon]

That might be part of his cunning plan to fool us all...... he's really a shy retiring computer nerd from Basingstoke who lives with his mother, has a paper round and sings in the local CoE choir on Sundays.

Damn I've been rumbled

 

[Dan B]

Do any of you use different passwords for different accounts? If so how do you remember them?

Yes. I don't even try to remember them, I use a password manager - and I recommend this approach to everyone

 

[biggs682]

I think Drago gave enough SAR info away a few years ago to get him found. But I can't find him now.

he lives near a church if that helps

 

[Moderators]

.......

I think the world would be a better place if there were no such thing as online anonymity. Nevertheless, I await a message from the @Moderators asking me to change my username because it contravenes Cyclechat rules

The rule about not using real names is a relatively recent change. Existing members won't be asked to change their username unless there is a specific reason to do so.

 

[swee'pea99]

I'm still reeling from the revelation that there is a Ford Fusion forum.

 

[Dan B]

The reason for this is that I decided long ago that as a matter of integrity I wanted my online presence to be true to my real values and identity. I understand the arguments for an unidentifiable alias for security reasons. But the downside is that you then insidiously become a different persona online. There are people who present on Cyclechat as really unpleasant, but who I am assured are delightful in the flesh. I, by contrast, may be equally unpleasant, but at least I'll be equally unpleasant here as on a FNRTTC or a Piecnic. And the guarantee of that is that everything I say here, I know can be readily identified with the real-life me.

This is great (and I do the same thing for kinda sorta the same reasons) but I also kind of feel I have to say "check your privilege". If the tradeoff is between the danger of becoming slightly less pleasant online or getting death threats daily and SWATted monthly I would not be judging anyone who decides that they'd rather err on the side of safety. GamerGate, LGBTQ* activists, high-profile feminists, people living in/with loved ones in oppressive regimes, etc etc

I know you said you "understand the reasons for ... security", I just wanted to make the point that the tradeoff here for some/many is a bit more serious than the prospect of having to get your bank to reverse a couple of dodgy purchases.

 

[ianrauk]

Do any of you use different passwords for different accounts? If so how do you remember them?. Ok you probably have them written down or have a good memory,but i'd lose the paper they were written down on or forget them if they were in my head, so i use my dad's Christian name for all my passwords.

What is your dad's christian name?









No... don't answer.

 

[swansonj]

This is great (and I do the same thing for kinda sorta the same reasons) but I also kind of feel I have to say "check your privilege". If the tradeoff is between the danger of becoming slightly less pleasant online or getting death threats daily and SWATted monthly I would not be judging anyone who decides that they'd rather err on the side of safety. GamerGate, LGBTQ* activists, high-profile feminists, people living in/with loved ones in oppressive regimes, etc etc

I know you said you "understand the reasons for ... security", I just wanted to make the point that the tradeoff here for some/many is a bit more serious than the prospect of having to get your bank to reverse a couple of dodgy purchases.

Very valid point and I completely agree.