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Apple is giving non-technical users the ability to create ephemeral email addresses. It is good for privacy, but those addresses with random characters will be
by zzyzxd 5y ago
Apple is giving non-technical users the ability to create ephemeral email addresses. It is good for privacy, but those addresses with random characters will be a nightmare to spell out.. I wish they could have taken the correct-horse-battery-staple approach.
I own an easy-to-spell domain and I know many people like me use <business_name>@mydomain.com for all the services. Sometimes some customer service person at <business_name> does not believe it is a legit email address and insist to get an email from a "reputable" email provider(last time it happened was when I purchased a sedan from a dealership). So I give them a made-up gmail account and will never hear from them.
I use a different strategies when dealing with some industries known for shady business practices. For example, moving companies. If you google "cross country moving", you see a lot of websites with similar domains and business names. Last time I requested quotes for my cross country move, I left emails like usdot-<usdot_registration_number_of_the_business>@mydomain.com. And unsurprisingly, some of my email addresses got leaked/sold to some insurance scammers.
- Tagbert 5y agoI don’t think those ephemeral addresses are mean to be given out and reused.