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>Is no way to opt out this? I'm more vulnerable to an attacker, right Others can't send you a mail unless you publish those DNS records that say you use GSuite
by captn3m0 9y ago
>Is no way to opt out this? I'm more vulnerable to an attacker, right
Others can't send you a mail unless you publish those DNS records that say you use GSuite. Hiding your email host doesn't give you much in the way of security. If you're really concerned about security, see Google's Advanced Protection Program[0].
[0]: https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/
- pablo-massa 9y agoI understand. But I was thinking, a potential attacker receives an email from me (me@customdomain.com), with this tool, they can look up and see that I use G Suite and try to login on my account on gmail.com. Thanks for letting me know about Google Advanced Protection Program.
- lgats 9y agoWith any other custom domain, they can do the exact same thing only it's on a smaller web server perhaps running different software (which may or may not be up to google's particularly high security)
- mosselman 9y agoUsing a good password and two-factor authentication basically eliminates this issue. You are looking for what is called 'security through obscurity' which is never a solid defence plan over real, verified, security (like real encryption, proper passwords, multi-factor authentication, etc)
- pablo-massa 9y agoYou are right. Thanks for let me know about 'security through obscurity', I'm reading the Wikipedia article now [0]. Yes, I'm using two factor and strong passwords (and encouraging people to do that, too). Thanks for let me expand my knowledge through education. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity