this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2023
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Wait, so you can just willy-nilly name emails for your domain for different online services and see who's selling your data pretty easily then right?

I mean... who isn't selling our data but still lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly and then you can block that one addressband you dont get spam anymore. You can make the addresses up as you go btw, it will receive every email sent to your domain anywaya

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's actually really cool! I've been actively degoogling this year but my email is one of the last holdouts so I'll have to look into this

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Another advantage of having your own domain for email is that you can just pack your shit and move to greener pastures when your current email provider turns to shit. No need to change your email everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes! I've literally found out about a data leak this way before it was announced publicly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I just set that up. Pretty useful