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  • I don't see how the "dots don't matter" policy factors into things here. Commented May 14, 2019 at 16:59
  • Because if the dots mattered, gmail would not deliver mail to you with non-matching dots. Netflix sees two addresses. gmail.com sees them as the same address. OP does not have Netflix, so unless it is a speculative attack, the normal gmail address of the OP was not scraped from Netflix after a collision. Commented May 14, 2019 at 23:04
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    In regards to "Dots don't matter", other addresses without said dots can't exist: "Your Gmail address is unique. If anyone tries to create a Gmail account with a dotted version of your username, they'll get an error saying the username is already taken. For example, if your address is [email protected], no one can sign up for [email protected]." Commented May 15, 2019 at 1:33
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    But they can send email to [email protected], and so can Netflix. It still resolves to [email protected] once it hits the gmail servers. Commented May 15, 2019 at 2:10
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    Sure, but "the dots" were not an issue here. So I cannot see how your answer is relevant to this question. Making true statements about something tangentially related does not an answer make. Commented May 16, 2019 at 2:43