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by Hnrobert42 314 days ago
Then, is the login alias sort of a password? In that, it is something you know.
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In a way, yes. I don't count on it being private though. But it appears nowhere online, so it's not used by credential stuffers or other bots.
Yep, back to passwords, but less secure ones.
joe@smith.com, joe.smith@bigcompany.com

...those will get "drive by" attacks no matter what.

Interesting that they're letting you alias it back to "coolkid5674321" again...