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Somewhat tangential, but I wonder where do people using their own domain draw the line. I personally use a "stable" firstname@lastname.com for supposedly trust
by juniperplant 4y ago
Somewhat tangential, but I wonder where do people using their own domain draw the line.
I personally use a "stable" firstname@lastname.com for supposedly trusted, long-term services (e.g. bank, utilities, etc.) and for services that require my identity for obvious reasons (e.g. shipping/billing address).
For sites where I prefer not to reveal my identity (not even to the site operator), I use Fastmail’s Masked Email (akin to iCloud Hide My Email). This, however, means I don't own those addresses, and if I need to change email provider for whatever reason, it's a PITA to update the email address field on possibly hundreds of sites (assuming you can).
I could buy a domain like randomstring.com to use with catch-all, but then I would be more likely to be tracked across sites, especially in the case of data leaks (which do happen eventually).
Then there are those awkward in-person situations when somebody asks my email and I have to say firstname@lastname.com.
What's a good tradeoff?
- OkGoDoIt 4y agoI also use firstbame@lastname.com for personal and professional communication. But for signing up for services, I have a custom domain name with a catchall email address. Then I register with something along the lines of servicename@mycustomdomain.com. All of those emails go to the same place. The only downside is sometimes a person I work with or whatever will go ahead and sign me up for some third-party service using my main first name last name email address, which is kind of annoying.
- ckcheng 4y ago> Then there are those awkward in-person situations when somebody asks my email and I have to say firstname@lastname.com. I suggest making up a domain name unrelated to your actual name exactly because of this. Saying "homer@juniper plant.com" feels less awkward to me than saying "homer@homer simpson.com".
- quickthrower2 4y agoI think the intersection of [service where I prefer not to reveal my identity] and [matters if I lose access to the service and therefore control of the email address at 1000-1 odds] is very small. It is going to be mostly for things like a spare "fun" Reddit account, or some one off crappy give your email to download the PDF sort a thing.