4 ms·

Not sure why someone wouldn't use services like free deposable email services instead. People also sell bulk email accounts (gmail, hotmail) created by proxies

• dspillett 3y ago
  The common disposable mail services are often blocked for sign-ups. This gives you access to an account on something like gmail which is highly unlikely to be blocked. Not sure where the benefit would be over getting full access to accounts (bulk created or hacked) though.
  • Retric 3y ago
    Except you can reuse a single spare Gmail, Hotmail, or even Yahoo email address that’s unlikely to be blocked as you never actually need to check it. I can see using separate emails from a privacy standpoint, but renting an email still seems like a security issue.
  • ezfe 3y ago
    iCloud Hide My Email feature generates @icloud.com addresses with no `+` in them.
  • b8 3y ago
    There was a gmail disposable mail service that took advantage of + (ex: emailaddres+temp4hn@gmail.com). It appears it shut down though. As another user posted, cloud offers addresses without the +.
    • KomoD 3y ago
      Another similar service exists, been around for a while. https://www.emailnator.com/ https://www.emailnator.com/
• nomilk 3y ago
  > People also sell bulk email accounts (gmail, hotmail) created by proxies for cheap I think what the article mentions is the same thing but on a per-message basis. I.e. renting, rather than buying, is presumably cheaper. There are some prices in a screenshot in the article, but I have no idea how they compare to buying accounts outright.
  • krebsonsecurity 3y ago
    Thank you for the reminder that I meant to add some of that context in the story (which I will do after finishing this comment). I've written several stories over the years about how the major email providers have erected various hurdles designed to increase the costs for spammers, most notably phone verification. However, much of the data I'm aware of on the topic of pricing is somewhat dated. Here's one study from 2011, which found Hotmail accounts were far cheaper than Gmail and others because they were basically way easier to register. Accounts Craigslist PVA 10 (4) $4.25 [§B.1] Gmail Accounts 6 (5) $0.07 Hotmail Accounts* 21 (12) $0.007 Facebook Accounts* 24 (10) $0.07 I doubt these prices are relevant today, apart from the continued price disparity between email providers. Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/sec11-final186.pdf https://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/sec11...
    • costco 3y ago
      See https://buyaccs.com/ https://buyaccs.com/
  • deleted 3y ago
    [deleted]
• adql 3y ago
  Think the point is that they have a base of accounts on "established" e-mail providers vs some one-off domains.