Usernames are intimately tied to ownership and the way we express and curate our identities. By creating an account on any channel, we are adding ourselves to a network of global users. We decide the ...

Remember the early days of the internet when all of your usernames revolved around an animal, sport, or your most embarrassing nickname? Thankfully the internet moved past that era a long time ago, ...

Beware of your username selection -- online marketers can use it to track you and online criminals can use it to phish you. That's the warning from researchers at INRIA -- France's National Institute ...

Discord is making changes to its username on the platform. The company recently announced that it is doing away with the old usernames, which include numeric digits as suffixes, and moving to ...

WhatsApp is still actively working on implementing support for usernames as an alternative to sharing phone numbers. The messaging app may let users optionally set PINs to prevent anyone with their ...

Leo is a How-To Writer with Android Police. He is a lifelong Android user and tech hobbyist with an educational background rooted in Public Health. His writing experience ranges from app guides to ...

The company has discussed selling some user names through online auctions, people with knowledge of the plans said. By Ryan Mac and Kate Conger Twitter has considered selling user names to generate ...

New developments such as free usernames, cross-chain names and chat functions may lead to more addresses being associated with a name. Ever since the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) was launched in 2017, ...

WhatsApp is set to replace phone numbers with usernames. Here’s what the update means, how it works, and when it’s expected to roll out. WhatsApp is testing a new username feature, giving people the ...