Hey folks. A question for you.
I'm RickRussell_CA on lemmy.world, kbin.social, lemmy.ml, and beehaw.org.
When I saw that lemm.ee was coming up in the rankings, I decided that perhaps I should stake my claim here. But, as you may guess, there is already a RickRussell_CA on lemm.ee.
It's even using the profile picture that I had originally used on lemmy.world. It's made 1 comment (on a since deleted post) and no submissions.
I've used the "Forgot password" link and it's definitely not my account, as it doesn't recognize my email.
I understand that this is a risk under the Fediverse model, but I'm a bit worried that somebody staked this out as a way of impersonating me.
Is there any way to address this?
EDIT: lemm.ee admins saw this post, and banned the account. Thanks to them!
5 Comments
jet@hackertalks.com · 8 pts · 3y
Near name attacks are always a issue online, doubly so in federated places.
Even if you got your own domain name iam@rick.russell.ca
Someone could register iam@rick.rusell.ca
RickRussell_CA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Yes, I'm aware. Although it's not "near name" in this case, it's the same username. Which I understand to be a risk of the federated model, I just thought I'd ask to see if there was any recourse.
One hopes that instance & community admins and others will look closely at the fully qualified username before pulling the trigger on bans, and that sort of thing.
jet@hackertalks.com · 2 pts · 3y
It's near name, because the only difference is the domain name.
shawnshitshow@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 3y
this seems like a great way to get your username taken on a bunch of other instances too
RickRussell_CA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
I guess I asked for it.