alt Hacker NewsHonestly the best thing to do might be to change your name at this point. I'm glad my name is not common, this kind of issue is going to only get worse in the future.
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grey-area • today at 5:47 AM
No, the best thing to do is get the press involved and make Apple and ideally the US gov fix their incompetent handling of this.
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kmoser • today at 5:39 AM
That is trading one problem for another: when the name on your birth certificate doesn't match the name on your government issued ID, certain other government entities tend to deny you services.
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eterm • today at 8:49 AM
What name do you suggest they choose, "Roger Thornhill" perhaps?
I get phone calls for a guy named Randy about his business. I can’t for the life of me figure out how to make the phone calls stop.
The simplest solution is to change my phone number. But
a) why should I have to? it’s my number, dammit!
b) how many accounts have 2FA? if I changed my number, what if I miss updating one that’s important?
c) it could happen again
If I change my number, however, that is the simplest way to solve the problem. It’s just, do I want to?