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What should be used for anonymous usernames? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by Kalcifer@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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More often than not, the best way to hide is to simply blend in with the crowds -- this also encompasses one's choice for a username. It is relatively simple to make a single throwaway account -- just come up with a username, and off you go -- however, if one makes throwaway accounts often, the task of thinking of a unique, and non-identifiable username can become a challenge. I would argue that poeple would often resort to using a pattern employing small changes for all subsequent usernames. Such patterns can be identified to a specific user if all users have their own unique patterns.

How can one reliably generate many unique-but-normal, and non-pattern-identifiable usernames?

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[–] random65837@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't complicate simple, there's millions of people making random shit usernames, the only ones that are going to wind up with a pattern are the people (trying) not too. Smack a bunch of buttons on your keyboard and call it a username. Done!

Or if you want to make more work, every password manager at this point will generate random usernames.

[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or for even more work, use a password manager to generate a super secure password, and use that password as your username

[–] irreticent@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I sometimes use MAC addresses as usernames.