Your Username - why & what does it mean?

[Zprime29]

ZPrime = Zor Prime, character from Robotech: The Southern Cross. It's an anime from the 80's and a good book series. Yep, I'm a nerd. I was that kid in chess club and marching band in high school.

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[XENOILPHOBE]

I would be reluctant to share this kind of information, because it puts you at greater risk to be a victim of cybercrime.

• Where was the last place that you ate?
• What was your first car?
• What cars have you owned?
• Your super hero name is a combination of your favorite food and the town that you grew up, etc
• What is the origin of your forum name?

These are all examples to extract personal information about you that can be used to verify your identity. Some of them, like first car or history of cars, are directly part of the id verification process for banks and financial institutions. Asking about food or recent purchases gets you through credit card customer service questions. Forum names reveal other personal insights that come up through these screening questions.

It's good practice to avoid feeding that beast.

There hasn’t been privacy for over a decade. The OPM hack opened the door to everything and everyone I knew. All my stuff is locked and I unlock my credit as I need it then refreeze it.

 

[MaintGrl]

There hasn’t been privacy for over a decade. The OPM hack opened the door to everything and everyone I knew. All my stuff is locked and I unlock my credit as I need it then refreeze it.

Quite possibly, But I for one do NOT want to tempt fate . . .
For the last year I've been getting "Voice mail notifications" from hackers re: Comcast, xfinity, finity. and dozens of other iterations of such, all phishing scams....continue to block, but a new couple pop up everyday

 

[ZheWiz]

Zhe Wiz: My last name is "Zhe" (It's German, was Z-e-h and changed to Z-h-e by one of my ancestors for unknown reasons) and I was looking for a good license plate for my 11 second Mitsubishi Eclipse back in 1992. I sent an email to my colleagues. A bunch of cool options, but the one I picked was "ZHE WIZ". At the time, there was an electronics store in NYC called "The Wiz" and their slogan was "Nobody beats The Wiz". That plus I was a programmer...seemed perfect. My 1992 Eclipse (still own it) has that plate. Use that username all over the place, and now here.

 

[Randall Stephens]

I’m a phantom, an apparition. Second cousin to Harvey the rabbit.

 

[TooManyToyz]

Kinda self explanatory. I am involved in dozens of different hobbies, and keep adding to all my "toyz"

 

[oldwizard99]

started training with dent wizard in "99" at 39 yo I was the oldest person in the class. i still have my AOL account

 

[Scorpio3d]

Well… at the risk of being hacked
I guess I’m just a nerd. My first computer was long before modems…. and had the original floppy drive not the 3.5 inch non-floppy floppy drive, but I digress.
Later when we had modems… My friend and I were some of the first to get a video game called Wolfenstein 3-D that you could play together if you had a modem so that became my handle!
My real name is John Wick, and my banking password is FU-

 

[Timeless Epoch]

Mine is from my watchmaking hobby. I love to repair, restore, and collect vintage pocket watches, vintage wristwatches, and modern mechanical watches.

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