Nemeski to Data Breaches@lemmy.zipEnglish • 1 month agoDell customer order database stolen, for sale on dark webwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down11
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minus-square@khannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoFor 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.
minus-square@RestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoApple has a hidde my email function built into ICloud
minus-square@jonnelinkEnglish1•1 month agoAnd 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.
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.
Apple has a hidde my email function built into ICloud
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.