Comment by esseph
2 months ago
That use to be useful in a time where it was much harder to instantly de-mask those handles.
If you're trying to make a name for yourself and you're social long enough, you'll eventually have a decent sized footprint on the internet. Sites and services get breached all the time.
> it was much harder to instantly de-mask those handles
This is just a failure of the baseline thought that people put into security these days. It's not exactly hard to sign up for a free email service with no tie to your real identity. (Unless you're in the EU, that is)