Since usernames are only unique to the instance it’s created on, what’s to stop someone from creating a copycat username in order to impersonate another user?

  • AeroBlue@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I mean depending on how you look at it. Usernames are really your name + instance, and that is unique. To know you are actually talking to the right person you just have to make sure that matches up

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      1 year ago

      The username is structured as username@instanceurl so they will know it’s you based on the instance url