Is there any reason not to use the username “me” on a personal machine?
For years now, on my personal laptops, I've always named myself me
. These are all machines that only I will use regularly. If, for some reason, I give someone else an account, I figure I'd give them a more unique name.
So far, I've had no issue. But I've always had the thought "Hmm, no one else does this. Is there a reason?" Are there potential problems this could cause? Maybe programs/protocols (like IRC) that use my local username as part of a more global identifier?
If there's no issue when it's just me doing this, what if everyone did? Maybe then there could be issues?
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For years now, on my personal laptops, I've always named myself me
. These are all machines that only I will use regularly. If, for some reason, I give someone else an account, I figure I'd give them a more unique name.
So far, I've had no issue. But I've always had the thought "Hmm, no one else does this. Is there a reason?" Are there potential problems this could cause? Maybe programs/protocols (like IRC) that use my local username as part of a more global identifier?
If there's no issue when it's just me doing this, what if everyone did? Maybe then there could be issues?
users
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For years now, on my personal laptops, I've always named myself me
. These are all machines that only I will use regularly. If, for some reason, I give someone else an account, I figure I'd give them a more unique name.
So far, I've had no issue. But I've always had the thought "Hmm, no one else does this. Is there a reason?" Are there potential problems this could cause? Maybe programs/protocols (like IRC) that use my local username as part of a more global identifier?
If there's no issue when it's just me doing this, what if everyone did? Maybe then there could be issues?
users
For years now, on my personal laptops, I've always named myself me
. These are all machines that only I will use regularly. If, for some reason, I give someone else an account, I figure I'd give them a more unique name.
So far, I've had no issue. But I've always had the thought "Hmm, no one else does this. Is there a reason?" Are there potential problems this could cause? Maybe programs/protocols (like IRC) that use my local username as part of a more global identifier?
If there's no issue when it's just me doing this, what if everyone did? Maybe then there could be issues?
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