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Golden_Lynel t1_j5td2pe wrote

This is why i have a dedicated junkmail address lmao

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shahooster t1_j5tfupq wrote

See, Comcast? You’re not completely worthless after all.

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AppliedTechStuff t1_j5tyldm wrote

MULTIPLE junkmail addresses here.

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Opulescence t1_j5tzju1 wrote

Have levels to it too. Email address 1 is for absolute sus shit. Email 2 is for social media etc. Email 3 is for promos which require sign ups. Email 4 is for same but more legit. Etc.

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Lumiafan t1_j5uj0to wrote

It's very likely that, if they are not already, some (if not all) those email addresses will be unified under a singular identifier in some sort of identity graph that is being used for advertising targeting and attribution.

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AppliedTechStuff t1_j5vlgoh wrote

Very similar here...

Basic stuff...

Basic stuff 2 (when Basic 1 got too busy)

Business 1 (for VITAL business stuff--like data feeds and subscriptions)

Business 2 (for business websites like LinkedIn, WSJ, etc.)

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EvanHarpell t1_j5u09g7 wrote

Yep. 2 of them I only log in every 6 months or so to keep them active and delete everything there.

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thisischemistry t1_j5umoxr wrote

I'm loving Apple's Hide My Email to make a unique email for each company:

> Hide My Email generates unique, random email addresses that automatically forward to your personal inbox. Each address is unique to you. You can read and respond directly to emails sent to these addresses and your personal email address is kept private.

It's very easy to create a unique email and know if the company sells it because then it will start being used by other companies. I can then filter or abandon that email address and not have my main email address affected.

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life_is_just_peachy t1_j5v7bso wrote

you're really going to like it when you find out apple is doing that to just collect your data and serve you ads when their ad platform is up and running

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thisischemistry t1_j5w27ie wrote

Your ISP can do the same thing, the sites you visit can do the same thing. At some point your data is vulnerable, the only true way to be safe is to be a luddite and not generate any data at all.

Stuff like Hide My Email is there so you can have some measure of control over who sends you email and it works well for that.

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uzlonewolf t1_j5xfb1e wrote

Fortunately ISPs can only see domain names and not full URLs when HTTPS is used (which is what like 99% of the internet uses at this point).

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5225225 t1_j60gvos wrote

That, and if you have encrypted DNS and the server you're connecting to uses Encrypted Client Hello (https://blog.cloudflare.com/encrypted-client-hello/), the domain name is hidden too.

It doesn't help if only one site is behind an IP address, but it does help if you're connecting to a share host where many sites can be behind a single IP, your ISP will have a harder time figuring out which site you're visiting.

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Apprentice-Cucumber t1_j5u6dhv wrote

I have a dedicated junkmail domain, that way each site can have their own unique email address. It makes for easier blocking and also it makes it easier to see what sites/companies sell your email address or get hacked.

I used to have a dedicated junkmail-address and used the "+" and the website/company for similar purposes as above, but I notice many companies tend to strip the "+"-bit nowadays.

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Lumiafan t1_j5uisth wrote

That's not the point here. If your junkmail address is linked to other addresses or data points in an identity graph, advertisers/data providers will still be able to pool you accordingly. The vast majority of this has little to do with bad actors trying to invade your privacy to spy on you; rather, it's about whether or not your presence on these sites can be monetized in some way.

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ineedabuttrub t1_j5vk01i wrote

>it's about whether or not your presence on these sites can be monetized in some way.

So get an adblocker and don't care if they use your email to send you ads you'll never see?

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Lumiafan t1_j5vnzmw wrote

OK, sounds good to me. But how does that mitigate any of the concerns people seem to have with online privacy/tracking?

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ineedabuttrub t1_j5wefxv wrote

You said

>The vast majority of this has little to do with bad actors trying to invade your privacy to spy on you; rather, it's about whether or not your presence on these sites can be monetized in some way.

So the vast majority of concerns should be mitigated by an adblocker, according to you.

And if you're that worried about privacy, use a new email for everything you sign up to. With password managers like Bitwarden there's no worry of forgetting passwords, or remembering which password goes with which account.

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Lumiafan t1_j5wg13k wrote

I'm sorry what you got from my comments was that I'm personally worried about any of this.

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ineedabuttrub t1_j5wopan wrote

That's not what I said at all, but thank you for confirming you have trouble with reading comprehension.

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Leiryn t1_j5u79ea wrote

Which companies have tied to you personally, making it no different than your real address.

The only solution is throw away addresses for every site

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Actually-Yo-Momma t1_j5vs2fu wrote

My spam email has a name JUNK BOY.

I get a chuckle every time i read spam emails that start with “Hello JUNK BOY”

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