| ▲ | stronglikedan 4 hours ago | |
> with criminal consequences for employees that violate it lol, no. The day someone is criminally charged with "stealing" a username is the day that humanity has lost | ||
| ▲ | simonw 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
The good usernames generally are valued at thousands of dollars or more. Surely stealing something worth that much money should be a crime. | ||
| ▲ | parable 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
You might be interested in reading the court case against Eric Meiggs and Declan Harrington, which includes charges against the two involving extortion and SIM swapping for usernames. See page 10: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.215... While it isn't directly "stealing", the government has brought charges against people in the past for username-related crimes. There are several similar cases, but this is the first one that came to mind. | ||