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I have both my own non-identifiable domain which I use for email - and a domain of my own name which I picked up when the original owner let it expire. I had to
by happybeing 3y ago
I have both my own non-identifiable domain which I use for email - and a domain of my own name which I picked up when the original owner let it expire. I had to bid to get it from a broker who squatted it but it didn't cost much.
My namesake was a famous (in some circles) wealthy person and I did start getting his emails. Quite a lot initially, and I replied to let the senders know.
That was probably twenty years ago and I'm still regularly invited to galleries for viewings as he obviously collected art. I gave up trying to get off those gallery mailing lists and now just bin them.
- WA 3y ago> my own non-identifiable domain I have one too, but realized that it’s kinda pointless. If it’s only you receiving emails at your domain, it’s clear that if you sign up for a Facebook account and a Google account and a shopping website, that it’s always the same person. The advantage of big email providers is that it could be anyone. I just wouldn’t use Google. Fastmail offers email redirects like the iCloud anonymization service.
- Bu9818 3y agoI agree. I would use protonmail or something else for signing up for websites, as a domain would be linked to me (unless I buy dozens of domain names anonymously). For Git commits or communication tied to my real identity, then yeah I'd use my own domain name. But for anonymity, nope.
- happybeing 3y agoI agree that's a possibility, but I'd rather the chance some of those accounts get linked than give my data to Google. The reason I did that wasn't privacy in the first place, so any privacy benefits are a bonus. I did it so I can easily block spam from a business, easily 'unsubscribe' to any list without jumping through hoops, and can also see which businesses are not playing nice by sharing my data.