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It's ~2026 –. ChatGPT still doesn't allow email change

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59 points amukbils | 2 comments | 08 Dec 25 23:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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oytis ◴[08 Dec 25 23:47 UTC] No.46199335[source]▶
Your email is your identity. If they allow you to change your email, what they should refer you by, your passport number? Was kind of easier in the times of usernames, but these are long gone
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esafak ◴[09 Dec 25 02:31 UTC] No.46200600[source]▶
You can use a random numerical ID as PK and let people associate as many authn IDs as they want after logging in with one.
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1. thiht ◴[09 Dec 25 08:15 UTC] No.46202526[source]▶
Why would you allow this complexity for basically nothing?
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2. esafak ◴[09 Dec 25 13:55 UTC] No.46204951[source]▶
Using a separate table for authn is a basic pattern for this problem. What would you do?