• @jonne
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    21 month ago

    That’s why I started using a catch-all on my domain to register on websites. Each website gets their own email and password combo, and if they get compromised and I get spam, I can just update the email and block the compromised alias.

    • @khannie@lemmy.world
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      11 month ago

      For others interested in doing this it’s possible with Gmail and I presume other providers.

      You just use: email.address+dell@gmail.com for example.

      Some websites unfortunately don’t like the + symbol but I find it’s fine for most.

      • @jonne
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        11 month ago

        And spammers are probably aware of this and will just strip out the + and everything behind it. Might still be effective to track if your info got leaked tho. If you want to do a real catch-all you need a certain level of technical know-how.