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- Is it okay to use email address as username?
- Is username always your email address?
- Why is it recommended that you should always logout from your email account?
- Is it a good practice to include the account or user name in the password?
Is it okay to use email address as username?
Don't make your e-mail address your user ID
Using your e-mail address to sign into accounts has its benefits. Your ID is unique and easy to remember, and it makes it simple for a service to contact with you when, say, you forget your password. But in some cases, the risks of doing so could outweigh the benefits.
Is username always your email address?
Most people think email names and email usernames are the same things. They're not. An email name (also known as a sender name) is the name that's displayed when you send an email. Your email username, however, is your email address.
Why is it recommended that you should always logout from your email account?
If you are always Signed In, anyone going to your computer and clicking on the website (yahoo, gmail, hotmail, etc) would find your email account already open and read all your mail, or even interfere with your account settings. They could send abusive messages to other people while pretending to be you.
Is it a good practice to include the account or user name in the password?
On including username in the password you are making the brute-force attack easier, as attacker knows some characters already about the password. It significantly reduces the guessing time.
