LXer: Tired of spam? A burner email account could be the answer.
by LXer from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5R8MF)
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Have you ever been in that situation where you need to give your email address over, but you don't want to? There could be a security reason. Can you trust who you're sharing with not to spam your inbox? Are you certain they won't expose you to data breaches due to lax security on their part? Can you protect your email from being sold in lists, used for ad tracking and targeting or even be uploaded to platforms like Facebook to track and target you there? Or it could be a case of inbox fatigue. Or maybe you just don't want your email associated with some entities and in their database? Enter the burner email account.
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Have you ever been in that situation where you need to give your email address over, but you don't want to? There could be a security reason. Can you trust who you're sharing with not to spam your inbox? Are you certain they won't expose you to data breaches due to lax security on their part? Can you protect your email from being sold in lists, used for ad tracking and targeting or even be uploaded to platforms like Facebook to track and target you there? Or it could be a case of inbox fatigue. Or maybe you just don't want your email associated with some entities and in their database? Enter the burner email account.
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