Username tips
What Is Username Squatting? How to Protect Your Name
Username squatting means grabbing a handle to block or resell it. What platforms like X and GitHub do about it, how it differs from cybersquatting, and what to do.
· 5 min read
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Practical guides to social media usernames, responsible OSINT, online privacy and picking a name that is free everywhere.
- Username tips
Username Has Been Taken? What to Do Next
Got "this username has been taken"? Why it happens even with no profile, which platforms ever release names, the trademark route, and good variations.
· 6 min read
- OSINT
What Mr. Robot Gets Right About OSINT and Your Digital Footprint
Mr. Robot and OSINT: how Elliot profiles people from public accounts and reused usernames, what is realistic, and how to shrink your own digital footprint.
· 7 min read
- Username tips
How to Search a Username on Your Phone (3,450+ Sites on Android)
How to search a username on your phone: check one handle on 3,450+ sites with a free Android app that runs every scan on the device, or use your browser.
· 7 min read
- OSINT
How to Choose a Username Search App: Privacy, Accuracy and Features
How to pick a username search app for your phone: the features that matter, the red flags to skip, and when a web tool beats installing anything.
· 5 min read
- Username tips
Reserve Your Username Before You Launch: A Phone Checklist
Starting a channel, shop or brand? See where your username is free before you sign up anywhere, then claim it in one sitting from your phone.
· 5 min read
- Privacy
Find Forgotten Accounts Using Only Your Phone
Your phone already holds clues to accounts you forgot: saved passwords, sign-in links, old texts and app history. Find them, then scan your old usernames.
· 6 min read
- OSINT
Sherlock vs Maigret vs WhatsMyName: Which Username OSINT Tool to Use
Sherlock, Maigret and WhatsMyName compared from their own documentation: site coverage, output, profile parsing, setup, and which one fits your username investigation.
· 6 min read
- Username tips
We Checked 60 Usernames Across 3,166 Sites: Here's What We Found
Original data: 60 test handles, 3,166 sites, 189,960 checks. How many sites a random username already exists on, which sites block checks, and why.
· 8 min read
- Social media
How to Get a Custom Bluesky Handle With Your Own Domain
Step-by-step: turn yourname.com into your Bluesky handle with a DNS TXT record or a well-known file, plus fixes for when verification fails.
· 5 min read
- Social media
Bluesky Handle Availability: How to Check and Claim Yours
How to tell if a Bluesky handle is really free, why some names look open but are not, and how to claim one, change it or use your own domain.
· 4 min read
- Privacy
How to Remove Yourself From TruePeopleSearch (2026 Steps)
TruePeopleSearch opt-out steps checked October 2026: what the form asks for, the 24-hour email link, the 3-day wait, and how to confirm removal.
· 7 min read
