The point I was trying to make in the article is not that your email is leaked, but that your identify is compromised. A lot of Stack Overflow users are anonymous (or think they are anonymous). The only visible information about them is the made up username. This article simply alerts them that their identify is hidden in their default avatar.
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The point I was trying to make in the article is not that your email is leaked, but that your identify is compromised. A lot of Stack Overflow users are anonymous (or think they are anonymous). The only visible information about them is the made up username. This article simply alerts them that their identify is hidden in their default avatar.