Identity theft. Not as serious as the real life version but imagine that I make an account with your username on another instance, maybe under a domain that's very similar to yours, and start stirring up trouble. If you're someone people recognize I could hurt your reputation or scam people.
Identity theft is not a joke Jim!
Hey! I'm Jim!
mastodon has a solution to this, where you can verify yourself with a website
Identity theft. Not as serious as the real life version but imagine that I make an account with your username on another instance, maybe under a domain that's very similar to yours, and start stirring up trouble. If you're someone people recognize I could hurt your reputation or scam people.
Identity theft is not a joke Jim!
Hey! I'm Jim!
mastodon has a solution to this, where you can verify yourself with a website