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by Jerrrry 1575 days ago
This is the "gmail fullstop" problem.

This is a massive security oversight and has already made its rounds already.

Xbox accounts have been compromised, but really, anything can, if you own first.last@gmail.com, you better be careful about everything you do.

People who know your email know your name, and can cause services to email you things, using two accounts, one your's the other, not.

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Indeed. What made it harder to detect was I'd made them myself at some point in the long history of xbox live, so all the account details were identical between the two.