• Water_Melon_boy
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    1 month ago

    Being subscribed to this community taught me that even if you trust the company you’re giving your data to(Don’t trust any), it’s still only a matter of “when” it will be leaked not “if”.

    It’s just a good rule of thumb that all data you give will end up open/sold.

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      1 month ago

      That’s why I started using a catch-all on my domain to register on websites. Each website gets their own email and password combo, and if they get compromised and I get spam, I can just update the email and block the compromised alias.

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        1 month ago

        For others interested in doing this it’s possible with Gmail and I presume other providers.

        You just use: [email protected] for example.

        Some websites unfortunately don’t like the + symbol but I find it’s fine for most.

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          And spammers are probably aware of this and will just strip out the + and everything behind it. Might still be effective to track if your info got leaked tho. If you want to do a real catch-all you need a certain level of technical know-how.