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DuckDuckGo Email
- dsizzle 4y agoWeird how it doesn't say anything about what it does.
- WithinReason 4y agoThere is a "Learn more" link: https://www.spreadprivacy.com/protect-your-inbox-with-duckduckgo-email-protection https://www.spreadprivacy.com/protect-your-inbox-with-duckdu...
- excalibur 4y agoThis is helpful but again does not appear on the page that OP linked to if you don't have their app or browser extension installed.
- WithinReason 4y agoI didn't realize that, I already had the extension
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- jstx1 4y agoThe title makes it sound like it's DuckDuckGo Email. Which it isn't, it's email protection. Which isn't explained at all.
- staindk 4y agoAgreed, IMO it's silly and almost feels like a dark pattern for an innocuous seeming link like that to require an extension installed. For those who already have the extension, see [1] [1] https://i.imgur.com/NfOYhDu.png https://i.imgur.com/NfOYhDu.png
- yegg 4y agoThe announcement post is at https://spreadprivacy.com/protect-your-inbox-with-duckduckgo-email-protection/ https://spreadprivacy.com/protect-your-inbox-with-duckduckgo... - a better title might be DuckDuckGo Email Protection Beta Now Open to All (and might be worth switching the link if possible)
- dotty- 4y agoRelated submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32592671 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32592671
- dang 4y agoComments moved thither. Thanks!
- lolinder 4y agoThanks! This should be the main link. When I land on the current link in Firefox, I get a prompt to install an extension with no further explanation.
- drcongo 4y ago"DuckDuckGo Email Protection Beta Now Open to All except Safari users" would be even better.
- seba_dos1 4y agoIt probably won't work on Internet Explorer either. Nor on Epiphany. Nor Netscape. Nor Mosaic. Nor Lynx. Nor...
- withinrafael 4y agoDuckDuckGo Email Protection was previously in private beta. It is now available to all as of today. [1] Summary: > DuckDuckGo Email Protection is a free email forwarding service that removes multiple types of hidden email trackers and lets you create unlimited unique private email addresses on the fly – without switching email providers or apps. [...] [1] https://spreadprivacy.com/protect-your-inbox-with-duckduckgo-email-protection/ https://spreadprivacy.com/protect-your-inbox-with-duckduckgo...
- plg 4y agoDoes this service have features that differentiate it from Apple's Hide My Email service + Apple Mail's "Protect Mail Activity" feature? I mean other than not having to be tied to Apple Mail of course.
- tr1ll10nb1ll 4y agoWas thinking the same thing but considering this is free, I'm skeptical. I don't know, I'm always skeptical of free products now, it feels as if something critical is missing. Paying for a service at least gives me peace of mind that I'm consuming a service I selected. Free services seem to be out in the wild.
- illuminerdy 4y agoI started using DDG because I thought they were about privacy, openness and being the antithesis to the likes of Google. Slowly but surely, they proved that that wasn't the case. I'm not using DDG for anything.
- geoelectric 4y agoI wasn't exactly pleasantly surprised when the extension it made me install switched my default search engine too. I guess in retrospect it makes sense, but at least I don't remember that being a prominent warning.
- macfanpl 4y agoSame here. No more DDG.