Honestly the best thing to do might be to change your name at this point. I'm glad my name is not common, this kind of issue is going to only get worse in the future.

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mproud 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I get phone calls for a guy named Randy about his business. I can’t for the life of me figure out how to make the phone calls stop.

The simplest solution is to change my phone number. But

a) why should I have to? it’s my number, dammit!

b) how many accounts have 2FA? if I changed my number, what if I miss updating one that’s important?

c) it could happen again

If I change my number, however, that is the simplest way to solve the problem. It’s just, do I want to?

	▲	nephihaha 12 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		We managed to get given a drug dealer's former landline, and had to get it changed after strange calls in the middle of the night. Then our neighbours got the same number after about a year and had the same issue.

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grey-area 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

No, the best thing to do is get the press involved and make Apple and ideally the US gov fix their incompetent handling of this.

	▲	ben_w 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Given a US senator was "on" the post-9/11 no-fly list for the same stupid reason, merely making noise and getting the press invlolved isn't enough to fix the deeper problem. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ted-kennedys-airport-adventure/

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kmoser 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That is trading one problem for another: when the name on your birth certificate doesn't match the name on your government issued ID, certain other government entities tend to deny you services.

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derriz 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This is the case for me - since the age of 4 or 5. I don’t live in the US but have lived and worked in 3 different countries and the only time it was an issue was getting married. Everything else - bank accounts, drivers license, residency permits, employer background checks, etc were no problem.

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gucci-on-fleek 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I would think that changing the last name only should be fine though, since up until somewhat recently, most women changed their last names when they got married, so most systems should be equipped to handle this.

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nephihaha 3 hours ago | parent [-]

It used to be very common for migrants to change their surnames, although less so now. There used to be a person who wrote about Scottish Lithuanians called John Millar, who was born as Jonas Stepšys. Noam Chomsky had said that his family's surname was substantially altered after they went to the USA.

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a57721 2 hours ago | parent [-]

And older example: Warner brothers were born as Wonsal (or Wonskolaser), and they changed their names too (Hirsz became Harry, Aaron became Albert).

	▲	nephihaha 10 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		There are tonnes of them. Especially Eastern Europeans and Jews. Italians sometimes too. Still happens in entertainment, since Steve Carell and Nicholas Cage's real names are more Italian sounding.

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deeplytroubled an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

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eterm 20 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What name do you suggest they choose, "Roger Thornhill" perhaps?

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