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What's to prevent someone from hijacking my username?
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this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2023
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Nothing, but keep in mind that maybe 95% or even 99% of the fediverse users are a bunch of nobodies. To have a stalker or someone trying to impersonate you, you would have to be extremely lucky (or unlucky)