I signed up for Comcast Xfinity using a brand new “hide my email” address and three months later I started receiving phishing emails at that address. (I’ve gotten over half a dozen so far). Made me realize that either Comcast was hacked (without disclosing it) or they’re selling people’s emails.
An Ode to Apple’s Hide My Email
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Re: An Ode to Apple’s Hide My Email
#12As an android user I've never seen this before -- this seems way better than email+tag@gmail.com
There is SimpleLogin[0] and Mozilla Private Relay[1] as more generic options. I've never tried them as I struggle to figure out how trustworthy they are. At the end of the day, emails are essentially proxied by these products. [0] https://simplelogin.io [1] https://relay.firefox.com/
Another one that's come up in the past is https://sneakemail.com/
Re: An Ode to Apple’s Hide My Email
#13Where is the ode to the likes of AnonAddy that have been about for a long time now AND are provides much better service?
hear, hear!
Anonaddy is a godsend to me, for having an additional feature to set which alias are allowed to forward (albeit limited just enough for essential services I can use) and also recently you can reply a message from your alias email
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Re: An Ode to Apple’s Hide My Email
#15As an android user I've never seen this before -- this seems way better than email+tag@gmail.com
There is SimpleLogin[0] and Mozilla Private Relay[1] as more generic options. I've never tried them as I struggle to figure out how trustworthy they are. At the end of the day, emails are essentially proxied by these products. [0] https://simplelogin.io [1] https://relay.firefox.com/
Simplpgin have been around for much longer than Apple’s service and I believe they have been bought by ProtonMail now as well.
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Any evidence of this you’d like to share?
Re: An Ode to Apple’s Hide My Email
#17I signed up for Comcast Xfinity using a brand new “hide my email” address and three months later I started receiving phishing emails at that address. (I’ve gotten over half a dozen so far). Made me realize that either Comcast was hacked (without disclosing it) or they’re selling people’s emails.
I do that the old fashioned way with a catchall mail address and forward them. If they start smelling weird, I filter the address and change the mail address with the service provider.
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No need for the tin foil hat nonsense.
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#19I signed up for Comcast Xfinity using a brand new “hide my email” address and three months later I started receiving phishing emails at that address. (I’ve gotten over half a dozen so far). Made me realize that either Comcast was hacked (without disclosing it) or they’re selling people’s emails.
I wouldn’t rule out both.
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You're angry about this but not iCloud Mail, their full hosted email product, that has existed under various names for over 20 years?