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On 5-Oct-06, at 9:16 AM, David King wrote: >> We already have something that can uniquely identify someone, and >> these >> sites already require users to give it to them. What's that, you >> ask? Why >> it's an email address. > > Sure, an email address has one person, but a person can have many > email addresses, and a person occasionally gains and loses email > addresses. Funnily enough the "one email address == one person" is also not always true. I know plenty of people who have a home email address that they share. Now the number of those where they both want to sign up for the same site/service might not be that high. but it seems crazy to impose limits like that. > Since none of my current email addresses worked in the "I forgot my > password, please email it to me" form, I eventually decided that > they didn't want my money in exchange for goods and/or services, > and left. A problem I've had a few times since coming to Canada (and being here only for 6 months so far, don't have a Canadian credit card, only my New Zealand ones) of online retailers not wanting my money*. I find it very satisfying to email them and explain that while sadly they don't want my money, someone else does. So they can have it. * not technically a software hate - the card will authorise, delivery & statement address are the same (both in Canada), but then will get an email a day or so later saying "Oh, that's not a North American card. We don't want your money. Please go away."There's stuff above here
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