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It's more than OK to lie to corporations and give them a fake name and email address. I do it every day. I've found this is the only way to actually protect you

by 1970-01-01 3y ago

It's more than OK to lie to corporations and give them a fake name and email address. I do it every day. I've found this is the only way to actually protect your privacy.

airstrike 3y ago
I pity whoever owns nobody@nowhere.com because I've been using that for decades now
- 1970-01-01 3y ago
  A sinister method is to state your birthday as Jan 2nd 1919. Just enough time to be remotely plausible. Bugs are sure to follow the account for the remainder of its existence.
- deleted 3y ago
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- k8sToGo 3y ago
  I use fastmail with my own domains. I got a separate domain for myself that I use for trashmails.
  - crusty 3y ago
    I mean that's fine, but you are the registered owner 》renter of that domain, so you are linked to it in a database somewhere, even if your info is behind whoisguard-style obfuscation. Even if unlikely, should a dataset get exposed or the service stop functioning as intended, you're linked. No real worry for singing up for future junk-mail, but risks escalate when employment is at stake.
    - k8sToGo 3y ago
      That’s fine. If they can’t deal with my real opinion it’s better to end that working relationship anyways.
- tdudhhu 3y ago
  Pro tip: always use example.com because then you are sure you are not spamming someone's inbox.
  - airstrike 3y ago
    Sometimes form validation prevents that from working. nobody@nowhere.com works 99.999% of the time
- hprotagonist 3y ago
  i can neither confirm nor deny that butts@butts.com has a wide presence on public wifi hotspots scattered across western europe.
- justin66 3y ago
  That poor guy. He thought when he stopped using blah@blah.com he'd have it easy and look what happened.
tmpz22 3y ago
No you can't - they can still link which is the whole problem. The advertising industry has built such a tracking apparatus that some part of your system, maybe even your browser audio, is going to give up your fingerprint.

It's more than OK to lie to corporations and give them a fake name and email address. I do it every day. I've found this is the only way to actually protect your privacy.

airstrike 3y ago

I pity whoever owns nobody@nowhere.com because I've been using that for decades now

1970-01-01 3y ago
A sinister method is to state your birthday as Jan 2nd 1919. Just enough time to be remotely plausible. Bugs are sure to follow the account for the remainder of its existence.
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k8sToGo 3y ago
I use fastmail with my own domains. I got a separate domain for myself that I use for trashmails.
- crusty 3y ago
  I mean that's fine, but you are the registered owner 》renter of that domain, so you are linked to it in a database somewhere, even if your info is behind whoisguard-style obfuscation. Even if unlikely, should a dataset get exposed or the service stop functioning as intended, you're linked. No real worry for singing up for future junk-mail, but risks escalate when employment is at stake.
  - k8sToGo 3y ago
    That’s fine. If they can’t deal with my real opinion it’s better to end that working relationship anyways.
tdudhhu 3y ago
Pro tip: always use example.com because then you are sure you are not spamming someone's inbox.
- airstrike 3y ago
  Sometimes form validation prevents that from working. nobody@nowhere.com works 99.999% of the time
hprotagonist 3y ago
i can neither confirm nor deny that butts@butts.com has a wide presence on public wifi hotspots scattered across western europe.
justin66 3y ago
That poor guy. He thought when he stopped using blah@blah.com he'd have it easy and look what happened.

tmpz22 3y ago

No you can't - they can still link which is the whole problem. The advertising industry has built such a tracking apparatus that some part of your system, maybe even your browser audio, is going to give up your fingerprint.