What should be used for anonymous usernames?

More often than not, the best way to hide is to simply blend in with the crowds – this also encompasses one’s choice for a username. It is relatively simple to make a single throwaway account – just come up with a username, and off you go – however, if one makes throwaway accounts often, the task of thinking of a unique, and non-identifiable username can become a challenge. I would argue that poeple would often resort to using a pattern employing small changes for all subsequent usernames. Such patterns can be identified to a specific user if all users have their own unique patterns.

How can one reliably generate many unique-but-normal, and non-pattern-identifiable usernames?

python,

Try random real words until you hit one that’s free! Those are the most satisfying usernames anyway imo haha

pound_heap,

I use SimpleLogin for email alias, and username usually has to be associated with email address. So I just use whatever SimpleLogin generates for me

Lemmchen, (edited )

I let Bitwarden generate my usernames for throwaway accounts. I don’t care if my username can be identified as Bitwarden-generated.

MayonnaiseArch,
@MayonnaiseArch@beehaw.org avatar

Well I love your name 😍 one of the best characters

GreyTechnician,

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  • Honytawk, (edited )

    Or if you want to be really fancy, you can just pick one of the Fantasy name generators: www.fantasynamegenerators.com

    Draknolf Frozen-Fur, a Nord from Skyrim has a nice ring to it.

    Zerush,
    @Zerush@lemmy.ml avatar

    Random nicknames are not recommended, they are unique identifiers, it is better to use nicknames of famous people or movies, video games, etc., because it makes it difficult to find them on the web, especially if different ones are used on each site.

    privacybro,

    this is a really good idea

    nik282000,
    @nik282000@lemmy.ca avatar

    Go to reddit, pick a username from the front page, use that. Any searching into your use of it will lead to that front page post and its reposts on click mills.

    sxan,
    @sxan@midwest.social avatar

    I don’t create anon accounts nearly as much as you say you do, but when I do I a correct-horse generator, and just pick the first two words and mash them together. It has never produced a conflict yet.

    keepass2android’s password generator can generate these on mobile, and there are several for the command line.

    Thisfox,

    I, too, was immediately going to recommend correct horse. It is random and it works.

    AnnaFrankfurter,

    I usually just use a fake name generator to create a name and use it as a username this takes care of my inability to think of random usernames, birth date and other stuff that most websites these days ask. And it also makes me look like another dumb idiot and not a l33t haxor.

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