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> An electronic version of the book included an anonymous email address that can easily be traced to Sariel’s name and Google account. Contacted by the Guardian, an IDF spokesperson said the email address was not Sariel’s personal one, but “dedicated specifically for issues to do with the book itself”.

So it doesn't sound like his "real" email was leaked somehow through the book publishing workflow but more like there was a contact email listed (Maybe even in the book itself) in the book and it was not sufficiently private. Could be as easy as leaking some letters or a profile picture through the password reset workflow.




The implications of this is that anyone is easily able to find the name behind a google account?


They used to show the profile picture, not sure what's the current status but there's still a few characters of the email address visible usually.




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