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Re: Show HN: NBox – Sign up anywhere without giving your email address

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Post by [deleted] »

maccard wrote: post #47
bigtunacan wrote: post #41

I think this is a good idea, but pretty poorly executed again. Another user commented that you could just register your own domain and do this; that's great for the average hacker news reader, but not so great for the average Joe so a service like this (if done correctly) would be pretty convenient. Things that jump out right away as bad about this NBox. 1) It just auto generates an email for me. That's going to be a…

Agree with all your points except your last. Many websites and services will disallow email addresses with + in them (and they're normally he ones I don't trust, like insurance comparison ones)

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Re: Show HN: NBox – Sign up anywhere without giving your email address

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Post by singularity2001 »

bigtunacan wrote: post #41

I think this is a good idea, but pretty poorly executed again. Another user commented that you could just register your own domain and do this; that's great for the average hacker news reader, but not so great for the average Joe so a service like this (if done correctly) would be pretty convenient. Things that jump out right away as bad about this NBox. 1) It just auto generates an email for me. That's going to be a…

Yes good idea, I found maskme to be much better executed

Re: Show HN: NBox – Sign up anywhere without giving your email address

#53

Post by rokhayakebe »

_Marak_ wrote: post #9

As an alternative, you could register a domain with a catch-all email address and simply register for new services on the fly using a unique string for each site. Have the catch-all forward to your main email account. For example, I would sign-up for HN using hackernews@marak.com and for Reddit using reddit@marak.com Simple and effective.

that's great for the average hacker news reader, but not so great for the average Joe

Re: Show HN: NBox – Sign up anywhere without giving your email address

#54

Post by bdav24 »

bigtunacan wrote: post #41

I think this is a good idea, but pretty poorly executed again. Another user commented that you could just register your own domain and do this; that's great for the average hacker news reader, but not so great for the average Joe so a service like this (if done correctly) would be pretty convenient. Things that jump out right away as bad about this NBox. 1) It just auto generates an email for me. That's going to be a…

Hi bigtunacan, thanks for your feedback.

1) "That's going to be a pain in the ass to remember": the extensions are there so you don't have to.

2) "how do I login?": we're currently developing this side the service.

3) See 2)

4) We're planning on proposing mobile apps too.

To put it into context, nBox is fairly new and we did not implement all our ideas before knowing if people were gonna be interested.

Re: Show HN: NBox – Sign up anywhere without giving your email address

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Post by peeky »

_Marak_ wrote: post #9

As an alternative, you could register a domain with a catch-all email address and simply register for new services on the fly using a unique string for each site. Have the catch-all forward to your main email account. For example, I would sign-up for HN using hackernews@marak.com and for Reddit using reddit@marak.com Simple and effective.

I've been doing this for years. It's fascinating (and sometimes horrifying) which addresses end up on spam/scam lists. I used to inform companies when it happened, but they almost always go for plausible deniability with "spammers try random addresses at a domain sometimes, it must have been that".

Re: Show HN: NBox – Sign up anywhere without giving your email address

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Post by bdav24 »

singularity2001 wrote: post #52
bigtunacan wrote: post #41

I think this is a good idea, but pretty poorly executed again. Another user commented that you could just register your own domain and do this; that's great for the average hacker news reader, but not so great for the average Joe so a service like this (if done correctly) would be pretty convenient. Things that jump out right away as bad about this NBox. 1) It just auto generates an email for me. That's going to be a…

Yes good idea, I found maskme to be much better executed

Hi singularity2001, maskme (blur now) is a bit different. If they get hacked, spammers will get your email address and other information.

Re: Show HN: NBox – Sign up anywhere without giving your email address

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Post by deft »

bdav24 wrote: post #2

Hi, I'm David, one of the developers of nBox. nBox generates for you an email address for each site, for free. - Effortlessly thanks to our browser extensions - Addresses are anonymous and private - Delete the addresses you don't want any more - Be notified according to your preferences on each email I'm looking to share the service. Any feedback is very welcome. Thanks!

What's your plan when every site starts banning your addresses? I have to spend 15 minutes to find a new non-blacklisted temp-email service every time I want to use one.

Re: Show HN: NBox – Sign up anywhere without giving your email address

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Post by bigtunacan »

maccard wrote: post #47
bigtunacan wrote: post #41

I think this is a good idea, but pretty poorly executed again. Another user commented that you could just register your own domain and do this; that's great for the average hacker news reader, but not so great for the average Joe so a service like this (if done correctly) would be pretty convenient. Things that jump out right away as bad about this NBox. 1) It just auto generates an email for me. That's going to be a…

Agree with all your points except your last. Many websites and services will disallow email addresses with + in them (and they're normally he ones I don't trust, like insurance comparison ones)

I agree that is an issue with those services, but that was sort of my point. Some websites are starting to catch on that people are doing this so they are starting to block + addressing the same way they block mailinator.

Somewhere in this issue of websites blocking + addresses there is a some irony as + addressing is a more recent email standard and so some people have legitimate email addresses with + symbols in them; in fact last I knew Microsoft Exchange still wasn't supporting + addressing due to the need to support legacy users.

Re: Show HN: NBox – Sign up anywhere without giving your email address

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Post by baal80spam »

maccard wrote: post #47
bigtunacan wrote: post #41

I think this is a good idea, but pretty poorly executed again. Another user commented that you could just register your own domain and do this; that's great for the average hacker news reader, but not so great for the average Joe so a service like this (if done correctly) would be pretty convenient. Things that jump out right away as bad about this NBox. 1) It just auto generates an email for me. That's going to be a…

Agree with all your points except your last. Many websites and services will disallow email addresses with + in them (and they're normally he ones I don't trust, like insurance comparison ones)

I say, their loss.
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