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Anything wrong with using my real name in email aliases with organizations I have to communicate using my real identity anyway? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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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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[–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

If possible you should always try to have the email for your real name to use for business and government stuff.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Someone took my name and I am forever a myname.2@blahblah.com

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    At my current university, I am firstname.lastname-4@university. My previous university, a much smaller one, I was fortunately firstname.lastname@otheruniversity, but the email client informed me there were two other people with my name there. It's wild because I didn't think I had a super common name.

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