Coleman LaingA hope of mine is to one day have accounts without permanent usernames.
When you delete an account they keep your username "When you delete an account they keep your ****name".
There has to be an alternative to usernames, something not so permanent, any ideas?
That usernames could one day be reusable, erasable, irrelevant is my hope, Decentralized Identifiers (DID) with DID usernames won’t matter, identity won’t be permanent, deletion will be real, platforms will let people start over, a full 100% deletion usernames included.
Steve Dustcircle 🌹In December 2025, @soundcloudsaid announced it had discovered unauthorised activity on its platform.
The incident allowed an attacker to map publicly available SoundCloud #profiledata to #emailaddresses for approximately 20% of its users.
The impacted data included 30M unique email addresses, names, #usernames, avatars, follower and following counts and, in some cases, the user’s country.
Have I Been Pwned: SoundCloud Data Breach
In December 2025, SoundCloud announced it had discovered unauthorised activity on its platform. The incident allowed an attacker to map publicly available SoundCloud profile data to email addresses for approximately 20% of its users. The impacted data included 30M unique email addresses, names, usernames, avatars, follower and following counts and, in some cases, the user’s country. The attackers later attempted to extort SoundCloud before publicly releasing the data the following month.
PrivacyDigest149 Million #Usernames and #Passwords Exposed by #Unsecured Database
This “dream wish list for criminals” includes millions of #Gmail , #Facebook , banking logins, and more. The researcher who discovered it suspects they were collected using infostealing #malware.
#security #privacy
https://www.wired.com/story/149-million-stolen-usernames-passwords/
eicker.news ᳇ tech newsA #databreach reportedly exposed the personal information of 17.5 million #Instagram users, including #usernames, #emailaddresses, and #phonenumbers. The leaked data, available for sale on the dark web, could lead to #phishing attempts or #accounttakeovers. https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/an-instagram-data-breach-reportedly-exposed-the-personal-info-of-175-million-users-192105616.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Dan Stafford
🐦🔥nemo™🐦⬛ 🇺🇦🍉P.S.: #Whatsapp users should maybe switch to the beta version and activate #usernames instead of sharing phone numbers ever: https://wabetainfo.com/whatsapp-beta-for-android-2-23-25-19-whats-new/ 💡
ResearchBuzz: FirehoseEngadget: X’s handle marketplace is open and there are some… interesting names if you’re willing to pay. “After previewing its plans to open a marketplace to “redistribute” dormant handles last month, X has made the feature available to all Premium+ subscribers on the platform. The feature allows subscribers to request new handles that up to now have been unavailable because they belonged to […]
Mind LudeGet ready to shell out! X is reportedly launching a marketplace for buying inactive usernames, with prices ranging from $2,500 to over 'seven figures.' The digital gold rush continues.
Is this innovation or just another cash grab? #Twitter #XCorp #TechTrends #Usernames #Monetization https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/20/x-to-launch-marketplace-for-buying-inactive-handles/
The Verge: X is launching a marketplace for inactive handles. “X is treating this not as a one-time perk, but as an ongoing service to lure in more paid subscribers. If you secure a new handle, your old one will be frozen. The company says it may eventually offer a redirect option as a paid add-on. But more importantly, if you ever downgrade your X subscription, your account will revert back to […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/20/the-verge-x-is-launching-a-marketplace-for-inactive-handles/