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Name changed on my Account here in Community Discussion

I logged in to discover the name assigned to my account here had changed to something indecipherable rather than what I selected. Nothing else appears to have changed. Why? Was I hacked? Is this forum unsafe?

iPhone 14 Pro Max, iOS 17

Posted on Mar 30, 2024 11:18 PM

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Posted on Mar 31, 2024 8:02 AM

We are other end user and cannot know why moderators take action.


They usually send an explanatory message to the email account associated with your Apple ID.


You can ask them. Their email contact info is in several places in the Terms of Use we all agreed to follow when we joined here:


Apple Support Community Terms of Use

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Mar 31, 2024 8:02 AM in response to Grandmasatx

We are other end user and cannot know why moderators take action.


They usually send an explanatory message to the email account associated with your Apple ID.


You can ask them. Their email contact info is in several places in the Terms of Use we all agreed to follow when we joined here:


Apple Support Community Terms of Use

Name changed on my Account here in Community Discussion

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