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I've been doing this for over 20 years, and it hasn't really been a problem. During the occasional real-life interaction that requires someone to confirm my add

I've been doing this for over 20 years, and it hasn't really been a problem. During the occasional real-life interaction that requires someone to confirm my address and they express surprise, I just tell them that it's correct and I have advanced email needs. It never takes more than a few seconds -- nobody has ever said "please tell me all about your advanced email needs!" :) > I use a password manager for passwords but I also need to use it to remember the associated emails. I do this, too. It never occurred to me that you might not populate the email/username field -- it's kind of the password manager's job to keep track of that. :) > The truth is no one really sells your email – at least no legitimate companies. I think that on the whole, this is true. However, I have had a number of these addresses start receiving spam over the years. I think this is due to the companies' databases being compromised due to poor security. At the end of the day, the cause of the leak isn't greatly important, and I'm glad I can simply turn off those particular addresses.

SargeDebian 4y ago
I’ve been offered the employee discount multiple times when providing storename@firstlast.tld. I declined as I’m not going to risk fighting some fraud charge over €20. I’ve never had difficult or negative interactions either. “I bought @firstlast.tld and now I can do whatever I want” settles it. I also have @lastna.me. My grandma has her own and mostly her bridge club mates are puzzled about how her email address just looks like her name. The whole setup is worth a few bucks, I guess.
fnordpiglet 4y ago
The USPS is one of the worst offenders for selling email addresses.
pengaru 4y ago
Yeah I don't understand what the kerfuffle is. Sometimes they express disbelief or surprise, but it's never been a problem beyond telling them "I control the whole domain, you get a special address so I know if your database gets hacked and/or my information sold via this channel" and that almost always results in the employee being interested in getting the same thing for themselves.
- aaaaaaaaata 4y ago
  Do you live in a region where the majority of people are adept with a computer?
  - pengaru 4y ago
    Mix of CA and IL, but CA is like half rural desert and half SF bay. I don't think it requires much computer literacy to understand what an email address is, how annoying SPAM is, and the problems of identity/credit theft. Sure, these are first-world problems, but so is having to furnish an email address at all.
kalleboo 4y ago
> During the occasional real-life interaction that requires someone to confirm my address and they express surprise, I just tell them that it's correct and I have advanced email needs When someone has asked I say I have it set to whitelist them so it doesn't get accidentally filed as spam, they really like that answer =]

SargeDebian 4y ago

I’ve been offered the employee discount multiple times when providing storename@firstlast.tld. I declined as I’m not going to risk fighting some fraud charge over €20. I’ve never had difficult or negative interactions either. “I bought @firstlast.tld and now I can do whatever I want” settles it. I also have @lastna.me. My grandma has her own and mostly her bridge club mates are puzzled about how her email address just looks like her name. The whole setup is worth a few bucks, I guess.

fnordpiglet 4y ago

The USPS is one of the worst offenders for selling email addresses.

pengaru 4y ago

Yeah I don't understand what the kerfuffle is. Sometimes they express disbelief or surprise, but it's never been a problem beyond telling them "I control the whole domain, you get a special address so I know if your database gets hacked and/or my information sold via this channel" and that almost always results in the employee being interested in getting the same thing for themselves.

aaaaaaaaata 4y ago
Do you live in a region where the majority of people are adept with a computer?
- pengaru 4y ago
  Mix of CA and IL, but CA is like half rural desert and half SF bay. I don't think it requires much computer literacy to understand what an email address is, how annoying SPAM is, and the problems of identity/credit theft. Sure, these are first-world problems, but so is having to furnish an email address at all.

kalleboo 4y ago

> During the occasional real-life interaction that requires someone to confirm my address and they express surprise, I just tell them that it's correct and I have advanced email needs When someone has asked I say I have it set to whitelist them so it doesn't get accidentally filed as spam, they really like that answer =]