Tech Tip: Change Your Name — and We Don’t Mean the Last One
By • May 10, 2021 0 1111
Too often we see email usernames and prefixes the same across multiple free email services. For example:
- jimmy67chevy@aol.com
- jimmy67chevy@gmail.com
- jimmy67chevy@yahoo.com
- jimmy67chevy@icloud.com
This makes the work of hackers and cybercriminals way too easy. With the first part a snap to figure out, they can get access to other online services and data — or even spoof your email addresses to others.
Variety is the spice of life. Introduce it to your email addresses.
Alan Edwards, CISM, is chief information officer at Computerware, Inc., in Vienna, Virginia.
