Oddbean new post about login | logout There is a fake account on nostr that is named exactly like me (@laura) but actually there is a space after the 'a' that you can't see. It is hard to recognize since there are no obvious differences like on the other socials (laur4, la_ura ...) Stupid question, can you ban spaces after the name on nostr? It should be an invalid character or something else
#asknostr nostr:nevent1qqsq2070vzgfutx50qq9wnqw0md0ffycxf6ycg80qdzmwjufqlphv4gpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqzyqq3fwc3mk8t3xlmgpnf2zdj5kj885n3ym384jh9sftl9ltum9thvqcyqqqqqqgtz8769
With respect it’s not a fake account right it’s just an old account of somebody trying to I don’t know 🤣🤣🤣
It’s a fake account with my profile picture trying to scam people
Maybe you’re the scammer? Who would know? Goes back to trust and verify & self accountability. To be fair, I’m jaded as fuck since I’ve had my identity stolen via my pictures from Facebook (others pics of me) since the middle aughts. 🤣🤣🤣 We all are scammers.
Nostr is the Wild Wild West … you gotta put up with stuff
This is why we need @retired npub Far more tactful than my Bottom Line Up Front I love you @retired npub for being you 😍
Aww 😍 … love you too, hon
Yay. Thanks 😊 I’m grateful 🥹 & honored
Allow them, but trim account names so they can’t end in spaces. But now I want all spaces for mine
PSA: Beware of fakes. nostr:nevent1qqsq2070vzgfutx50qq9wnqw0md0ffycxf6ycg80qdzmwjufqlphv4gpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdupzqqg5hvgamr4cn0a5qe54pxe2tfrn6fcjdcn6etjcy4ljl47dj4mkqvzqqqqqqykq68e0
https://media3.giphy.com/media/TVKQuNuPt1Zja/giphy.gif Ser this is open protocol
Report and block, all we can do. A trailing space is just one of many, many ways they can make a name that looks the same. Nostr clients support Unicode AFAIK, so there are many alphabets to choose substitute letters from. Nostr relies on people rather than centralised authority to defeat identity theft. Well, there is also NIP-05 for validating your npub against external identities, for public figures etc. But mostly trust your friends to report and block the fakes.
No, but you can use NIP-05 to verify ownership of a domain in your control (e.g yourname.com) to signal that you’re the “real” one. https://nostr.how/en/guides/get-verified
The “real” one to one is Gucci to others 😂😂😂
They can take your name but they can never take your npub!
EXCELLENT also isn’t there something about online Web of trust thing
It dm me askin’ economical questions.
You can have identical usernames without the space. Because your username isn’t your actual identity on here but your cryptographic public key is your identity.
