Posts: 4,666
Threads: 130
Joined: May 2025
Reputation:
0
Are there any security concerns about OSX login name = real first name real last name?
When web browsing to http or https web sites, is my OSX login name transmitted? Could this info be used to steal identity? What about older versions like OSX 10.6?
Advice appreciated.
Posts: 32,462
Threads: 3,127
Joined: Apr 2025
Reputation:
0
Browsers will share info about the browser and operating system (indirectly, i.e. Safari for Mac) but that’s about as far as it goes. The site will be sent something about your IP provider (general location, for giving you “relevant” ads).
But your user account info, nothing residing with your user account, should go out.
Posts: 37,098
Threads: 2,599
Joined: May 2025
Reputation:
0
>When web browsing to http or https web sites, is my OSX login name transmitted?
Nope.
That said, your intuition isn't far off. Look at Abine Blur for email forwarding with randomized email addresses. Often times information from different sources is aligned via email addresses.
Posts: 33,936
Threads: 1,272
Joined: May 2025
Forrest wrote:
When web browsing to http or https web sites, is my OSX login name transmitted? Could this info be used to steal identity? What about older versions like OSX 10.6?
Thats actually no, no and no.
Posts: 4,666
Threads: 130
Joined: May 2025
Reputation:
0
All, thanks for the replies.
Posts: 9,996
Threads: 393
Joined: Apr 2022
Reputation:
0
I wouldn't be surprised if there was a trick to get a browser to report the path back to its support files or plugin folder which might reveal a user's shortname (the name on their home folder) and that could (probably does) correspond to a real name much of the time.
