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MrSquigles t1_j5tefs0 wrote

Why, though? I can't read the article without giving them my email.

Edit: This wasn't a joke, I actually want to know their reasoning.

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deanrihpee t1_j5u9x05 wrote

Spam and scam probably, also some probably try to search on the data breach repository if your email is there and will try to use any leaked info connected to those email

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SeruEnam t1_j5ue8pp wrote

That's why I decided to have an email for food apps, an email for bills, and an email for documents to send or receive.

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voidsrus t1_j5vym8l wrote

i use gmail's "+" and the merchant's name to segment out who's abusing/selling my email address. for sites that don't accept that, i have a "spam@" alias. for companies who won't accept that, i have "crap@". both of those two go directly to spam folder.

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TheChucklesStart t1_j5uh0zb wrote

Most likely because an e-mail allows them to track you, but since it has also been provided to others, it allows for correlation of data to get a more complete picture of who you are. A much more comprehensive picture than you would be comfortable giving to any one organization.

Right now, things that are used for this that I have observed are: phone numbers, email addresses, credit card numbers (scraped when you purchase something), social media accounts, misc web browsing trackers. I wouldn’t be surprised if your phone’s wifi and bluetooth identifiers are also used to track you in large chains or malls.

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Eastern-Mix9636 t1_j5uowaj wrote

Try “reader view” if on iOS.

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Eastern-Mix9636 t1_j5v5pkr wrote

it simplifies the page into text-only and lets you read the article without a paywall.

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deeannbee t1_j5v5zxa wrote

I don’t know the technical explanation, but it’s kind of like the reader view “converts” the article before the paywall downloads. It works about 95% of the time for me.

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