Why different users names ?

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I tend to be either Saluki or Millie-Milou on forums. Sometimes Saluki is already taken.

I thought you had the copyright

 

[accountantpete]

I didn't want anyone on the Swinging and Dogging Forum to know that I frequented CycleChat.

 

[jefmcg]

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

Would that were true

http://www.fordfusionforum.com/
http://www.2gfusions.net/
http://www.fordfusionclub.com/forumindex.php
http://www.fordfusion.org/
http://www.fusionsportforums.com/forum/
http://fordfusion.forumeiros.com/

 

[pjd57]

I use my initials and the year I was born.
I don't hide who I am.
On Twitter I use my own name , not something made up
@joedolan1

 

[Threevok]

I'm the same person on all forums - although some may say 3-Vok as opposed to Threevok

 

[jefmcg]

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".

I like how John Oliver phrased this "congratulations on your white penis"

 

[jefmcg]

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.

Accy! Delete this. Don't give people enough information to hack your account.

 

[Dirk]

Accy! Delete this. Don't give people enough information to hack your account.

Too late!

 

[nickyboy]

Accy! Delete this. Don't give people enough information to hack your account.

You're forgetting that Accy is proper bantz. He's actually a cryptographer at GCHQ with his own bespoke 128 bit encryption system of passwords

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Accy! Delete this. Don't give people enough information to hack your account.

I've just signed him up for a ten year VIP membership of the Andy Murray fan club

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

I hear @Marmion is the president of said club

He's got the largest collection of Murray's worn sweat socks in the UK

 

[biggs682]

He's got the largest collection of Murray's worn sweat socks in the UK

nice they must be worth quite a lot ....................................................not

 

[classic33]

I use my initials and the year I was born.
I don't hide who I am.
On Twitter I use my own name , not something made up
@joedolan1

Just Drifting along?

 

[Accy cyclist]

Well i'm really peed off! For some reason i've not been able to log into the Accrington Stanley fans forum for a while,so i set up a new account with a similar name. My first post was accepted but when i tried to log in a while ago this came up.....


You have been banned for the following reason:
Posting unwanted spam

Date the ban will be lifted: Never

I haven't posted any what they call spam. Do they think i'm trying to have two user names on the go or something similar?

 

[Tiger10]

I was an accredited cyber crime investigator, which was an eye opener.

I use a different user name on every forum, although I'm only in a couple (one cycling, one ham radio, one jolly exciting Ford Fusion Forum). I use different email addresses for each, and I split my web surfing between different devices, visiting certain websites with only certain devices, and use different internet connections to surf them.

As a consequence chucking my real name, email address, forum username etc into Google brings up nothing about me aside from the one forum searcher already knew about.

It would also be impossible to find information by trying to cross reference device Mac addresses, email addresses, IP details etc.

Never say never, but why make it easy for an idiot/stalker/foreign intelligence service to track you down?

Yeah ok "farty" i think you are on the roade to ruin....