Not the parent commenter, but I've encountered “people from the counterparty organization get confused and wonder whether you're part of it too / pretending to be part of it too”. This can be mitigated with some obscuring transformation.
>Not the parent commenter, but I've encountered “people from the counterparty organization get confused and wonder whether you're part of it too / pretending to be part of it too”. This can be mitigated with some obscuring transformation.
A fair point. Thanks!
Personally, I can't be bothered and when (not if -- the scenario you've outlined has happened with me) folks get confused, I just explain that I do it to fight spam and they generally just nod agreeably. Whether they get it or not isn't my concern -- knowing whose user database has been pwned is.
nobody9999|1 year ago
A fair point. Thanks!
Personally, I can't be bothered and when (not if -- the scenario you've outlined has happened with me) folks get confused, I just explain that I do it to fight spam and they generally just nod agreeably. Whether they get it or not isn't my concern -- knowing whose user database has been pwned is.