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Email was often used as a primary key on older websites
by strombofulous 11mo ago
Email was often used as a primary key on older websites
- zarzavat 11mo agoOriginally websites had usernames and passwords. Username was used as a primary key (such as this website). Using the email address directly as the username/key is a more modern trend (mid-late 00s). I believe this coincided with the dominance of gmail where people would have a forever email address. Before that, your email address would regularly change if you moved ISPs/schools/jobs so it wasn't a good identifier.
- xp84 11mo agoRecently i found that several services I “signed into with Google” allow neither converting to a password nor binding to a different Google account. B2b SaaS apps in fact.
- carlosjobim 11mo agoYes, and it's possible to change that e-mail. The only place I've encountered which doesn't is Alibaba.
- Aaron2222 11mo agoChatGPT is another.
- einsteinx2 11mo agoBambu Labs online account has the same restriction for some reason as I found out the hard way, though I had thought that was extremely rare.