So, I was about to make an account at an online shopping platform and was considering putting a fake name. Is this too much paranoia, or is it okay?

  • @Pacrat173@lemmy.ml
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    021 hours ago

    Ok funny story about this. I tried this on Amazon because the first time I ever used it. It did not occur to me that it uses your account name on the shipping label. Boy was USPS confused when they got a package with the name “Pac-Rat” on it and it delayed it by a week. So not sure if I’d use a fake name but if you do don’t use your go to user name for online stuff.

    • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)
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      020 hours ago

      It could also be delivered to a pick-up box in which case it’s at worst illegal or at least against ToS. “Billing address” just sounds like something potentially serious.