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I've been doing this for 20 years now, and Apple or DuckDuckGo have made it accessible to normal people. The day I started receiving pornographic spam addressed
by fmajid 4y ago
I've been doing this for 20 years now, and Apple or DuckDuckGo have made it accessible to normal people. The day I started receiving pornographic spam addressed to dell@majid.fm (no longer the domain I use, BTW), I knew Dell's security was worthless and they had been breached.
BTW I build a simple spreadsheet-like GUI for Postfix to manage the list, as it's grown quite large:
https://github.com/fazalmajid/postmapweb https://github.com/fazalmajid/postmapweb
- encryptluks2 4y agoI don't really think that getting an email at dell@domain.com means that a provider's security has been compromised. Not only do you need to use unique email addresses but they should be uncommon. Otherwise it doesn't really do a lot to address the issue. Might I also suggest using subdomains as well.
- anonymousiam 4y agoI disagree. I've been doing this for decades and occasionally I'll get spam/porn to one of the unique addresses I've created. In the past, I would notify the entity of their breach, but they almost never take me seriously so now I just delete their email address.
- encryptluks2 4y agoYeah, they don't take you seriously if you wonder why you might be getting spam at obvious@domain.com
- fmajid 4y agoI've engaged with the breached companies a few times, and when they responded, it turned out in both cases it was actually an email service provider they entrusted with their mailing list that was breached. Companies don't realize how outsourcing can jeopardize their own reputation.
- anonymousiam 4y agoYes. It's usually an inside job. Some under-paid third-world contractor employee will typically grab the email database and sell it for a few dollars.