#changeofaddress — Public Fediverse posts

The 8 weeks before your move matter more than the move itself. Most people
start 2 weeks out and lose the easiest mover-booking window, miss USPS
forwarding lead time, and skip filing IRS Form 8822 entirely.

Sourced from USPS, IRS, FMCSA, and Census Bureau data — not aggregator
recycling.

https://www.addressgenie.co/blog/8-week-moving-timeline-what-to-do-when-you-move?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=blog_what-to-do-when-you-move

#moving #movingtips #relocation #changeofaddress #USPS

https://vimeo.com/ slightly limits what your account can do until you've verified your account email address. After changing my account email address to an #AnonAddy address, I've requested a verification email three times, and none of them have arrived.
EDIT: The emails never arrived, but I opened a support ticket and their support people marked my address as verified instead of fixing the address verification problem. 🤷
#Vimeo
#ChangeOfAddress 🧵

https://vimeo.com/ slightly limits what your account can do until you've verified your account email address. After changing my account email address to an #AnonAddy address, I've requested a verification email three times, and none of them have arrived.
EDIT: The emails never arrived, but I opened a support ticket and their support people marked my address as verified instead of fixing the address verification problem. 🤷
#Vimeo
#ChangeOfAddress 🧵

This is what happened when I tried to change my email address for my #PlaystationNetwork (#PSN) account to an #AnonAddy email address. I don't know whether this is specific to AnonAddy addresses or whether the address change workflow is broken in general. 🤷 I've said it before in this thread, but it bears repeating: web sites should not be blocking people from using anonymized email addresses for security and privacy reasons.
#ChangeOfAddress 🧵

This is what happened when I tried to change my email address for my #PlaystationNetwork (#PSN) account to an #AnonAddy email address. I don't know whether this is specific to AnonAddy addresses or whether the address change workflow is broken in general. 🤷 I've said it before in this thread, but it bears repeating: web sites should not be blocking people from using anonymized email addresses for security and privacy reasons.
#ChangeOfAddress 🧵

(#TransAmerica security theater continued)
After all that, they didn't require me to click a link sent to my new email address to confirm the change and prove that I had access to that mailbox! They did all that crap, and didn't do the one real, substantive security thing that should be done as part of an email address change. Unbelievable.
#ChangeOfAddress 🧵

(#TransAmerica security theater continued)
After all that, they didn't require me to click a link sent to my new email address to confirm the change and prove that I had access to that mailbox! They did all that crap, and didn't do the one real, substantive security thing that should be done as part of an email address change. Unbelievable.
#ChangeOfAddress 🧵

(#TransAmerica security theater continued)
After all that, they didn't require me to click a link sent to my new email address to confirm the change and prove that I had access to that mailbox! They did all that crap, and didn't do the one real, substantive security thing that should be done as part of an email address change. Unbelievable.
#ChangeOfAddress 🧵

(#TransAmerica security theater continued)
After all that, they didn't require me to click a link sent to my new email address to confirm the change and prove that I had access to that mailbox! They did all that crap, and didn't do the one real, substantive security thing that should be done as part of an email address change. Unbelievable.
#ChangeOfAddress 🧵

(#TransAmerica security theater continued)
After all that, they didn't require me to click a link sent to my new email address to confirm the change and prove that I had access to that mailbox! They did all that crap, and didn't do the one real, substantive security thing that should be done as part of an email address change. Unbelievable.
#ChangeOfAddress 🧵

#TransAmerica wins the prize for the worst pointless #SecurityTheater I've encountered while anonymizing my online account email addresses.
I had to:
* enter an emailed code and answer a security question to log in;
* agree to new terms, then enter another emailed code;
* answer another security question to get to my profile page; and
* type my new email address instead of pasting it (the "Don't Fuck With Paste" extension fixed that!).
(continued)
#infosec #ChangeOfAddress 🧵

#TransAmerica wins the prize for the worst pointless #SecurityTheater I've encountered while anonymizing my online account email addresses.
I had to:
* enter an emailed code and answer a security question to log in;
* agree to new terms, then enter another emailed code;
* answer another security question to get to my profile page; and
* type my new email address instead of pasting it (the "Don't Fuck With Paste" extension fixed that!).
(continued)
#infosec #ChangeOfAddress 🧵

#TransAmerica wins the prize for the worst pointless #SecurityTheater I've encountered while anonymizing my online account email addresses.
I had to:
* enter an emailed code and answer a security question to log in;
* agree to new terms, then enter another emailed code;
* answer another security question to get to my profile page; and
* type my new email address instead of pasting it (the "Don't Fuck With Paste" extension fixed that!).
(continued)
#infosec #ChangeOfAddress 🧵

#TransAmerica wins the prize for the worst pointless #SecurityTheater I've encountered while anonymizing my online account email addresses.
I had to:
* enter an emailed code and answer a security question to log in;
* agree to new terms, then enter another emailed code;
* answer another security question to get to my profile page; and
* type my new email address instead of pasting it (the "Don't Fuck With Paste" extension fixed that!).
(continued)
#infosec #ChangeOfAddress 🧵

#TransAmerica wins the prize for the worst pointless #SecurityTheater I've encountered while anonymizing my online account email addresses.
I had to:
* enter an emailed code and answer a security question to log in;
* agree to new terms, then enter another emailed code;
* answer another security question to get to my profile page; and
* type my new email address instead of pasting it (the "Don't Fuck With Paste" extension fixed that!).
(continued)
#infosec #ChangeOfAddress 🧵

Over at #Cisco #OpenDNS (https://opendns.com/), when I enter a new login email address, it says it's sending me an email message to confirm the change, and indeed it does send the email, but clicking the confirmation link doesn't work. I tested this with non-anonymized addresses, not just an #AnonAddy address, so apparently this functionality is simply broken. Way to go, Cisco!
#ChangeOfAddress 🧵

Over at #Cisco #OpenDNS (https://opendns.com/), when I enter a new login email address, it says it's sending me an email message to confirm the change, and indeed it does send the email, but clicking the confirmation link doesn't work. I tested this with non-anonymized addresses, not just an #AnonAddy address, so apparently this functionality is simply broken. Way to go, Cisco!
#ChangeOfAddress 🧵

I'm spending Yom Kippur atoning for my privacy sins by continuing to anonymize the email addresses for my accounts by changing them to #AnonAddy addresses.
Let's talk about changing your email address on #NationalGrid's billing portal.
This message incorrectly says to specify a notification email address "If you'd rather receive notifications at an email address that is different." That field is actually required: you can't submit the form without filling it in.
(continued)
#ChangeOfAddress 🧵

I'm spending Yom Kippur atoning for my privacy sins by continuing to anonymize the email addresses for my accounts by changing them to #AnonAddy addresses.
Let's talk about changing your email address on #NationalGrid's billing portal.
This message incorrectly says to specify a notification email address "If you'd rather receive notifications at an email address that is different." That field is actually required: you can't submit the form without filling it in.
(continued)
#ChangeOfAddress 🧵

This is what happened, after a long delay, after I clicked on the address verification link to confirm my address change at https://cloud.mongodb.com/. It's almost like they are having a database performance issue. They should talk to some database professionals about that.
#MongoDB #MongoDBIsWebScale #tech #NoSQL
#ChangeOfAddress 🧵

This is what happened, after a long delay, after I clicked on the address verification link to confirm my address change at https://cloud.mongodb.com/. It's almost like they are having a database performance issue. They should talk to some database professionals about that.
#MongoDB #MongoDBIsWebScale #tech #NoSQL
#ChangeOfAddress 🧵

I attempted today to change my email address on #MailGun.com, and wooh boy, it did not go well. This isn't nearly going to fit in one post, so buckle up.
When I logged in, the site informed me that it was going to convert my MailGun login to a "Sinch ID" (MailGun was acquired by Sinch a few years ago). I was not given a choice about skipping this conversion. It seemed to go fine. (continued) #ChangeOfAddress 🧵

I attempted today to change my email address on #MailGun.com, and wooh boy, it did not go well. This isn't nearly going to fit in one post, so buckle up.
When I logged in, the site informed me that it was going to convert my MailGun login to a "Sinch ID" (MailGun was acquired by Sinch a few years ago). I was not given a choice about skipping this conversion. It seemed to go fine. (continued) #ChangeOfAddress 🧵

I debated whether to change the email addresses on my #GitHub and #GitLab accounts to #AnonAddy addresses.
These addresses aren't just used to contact me; they're also put into #Git commits. I don't want to put ugly anonymous email addresses in commits or make it hard for people to contact me about #FOSS stuff I commit.
I decided to add AnonAddy addresses to my accounts to detect if my account info is sold or leaked, while leaving my real address on the accounts too.
#ChangeOfAddress 🧵

I debated whether to change the email addresses on my #GitHub and #GitLab accounts to #AnonAddy addresses.
These addresses aren't just used to contact me; they're also put into #Git commits. I don't want to put ugly anonymous email addresses in commits or make it hard for people to contact me about #FOSS stuff I commit.
I decided to add AnonAddy addresses to my accounts to detect if my account info is sold or leaked, while leaving my real address on the accounts too.
#ChangeOfAddress 🧵