Always use 'user' as your username
Always use 'user' as your username
Dont use Reddit username or Facebook username or anything like that even if it could be cool. That way you dont have to worry even if some log file or error stack trace recorded your username.
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Why would I be worried about my username showing up in logs and errors?
Sometimes you may not want to be identified.
user is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.Another one for the naughty list
https://xkcd.com/838/
Ok but your PC username is way more private than your lemmy username, also its not your real name so what's the problem?
Ok, I don'tunderstand what this guys sayingunderstand. Some people use their real name, lemmy name, or other names from social media as their PC users name. This would mean when posting logs your accounts could be found.
Personally, I'd just be sure that my user is called something unique on my PC. User is a bit generic, I'd prefer something a bit nicer. Though of course that might be a way to try and avoid fingerprinting incase you send your logs on lemmy, then post another on github where you use your real name
Your comment reminds me of Jerboa bug: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/2625839 which I switched to Eternity for Lemmy app to fix.
Yes, that second part, I meant that. I used to send my log files in a dark web forums and one of them started teasing me with my real name. It wasnt as bad but "Dark Web" users knowing your real name is weird.