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One example would be state disability programs, they already need my real name and identity to work with me. Are there any downsides to sharing a simplelogin alias containing my real name vs no containing my real name? I just think it would be easier record keeping for them.

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[โ€“] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bots don't know what's a real name or fake. They'll get delirious_owl@gmail.com from a list and phish with it no different than if JohnSmith@gmail.com was on the list.

[โ€“] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

delirious_owl@gmail.com doesn't exist, though. JohnSmith@gmail.com does, and everybody wants to target it (both "bots" and humans too)