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Asked: 2026-06-18T23:56:32+00:00

This is probably a extremely uncommon case, but: What would happen if user A

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This is probably a extremely uncommon case, but:

What would happen if user A registers an account in a website with an email that doesn’t belong to him and uses it without confirming it (as many websites now allow you, at least in a limited way) and then some other person, user B, tries to register an account with the same email which he actually owns?

Would a message “that email is already associated with an existing account” show, would it let both user A and user B access the site with the same email or what?

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  1. Editorial Team

    In my solutions i almost always use email as user identifier which means there can only be one user associated with an email address. This would mean if someone used someone elses email it would indeed result in ‘this email is already in use’.

    However, the real owner of the adress could easily get a password reminder to his email.

    Solution to faking email addresses; Send out an account activation email to the email specified to be able to finalize the registration process.

    In what context does your problem / question arise?

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