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Are there still any email providers that offer free anonymous registration? (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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The issue I'm seeing with any free plans of email providers is that they either require an identifying verification, or don't allow the email to be used for services.

tutamail, for example, states that the free plan is not to be used to signup for services.

protonmail requires verification by email 'to prove you are human'.

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[–] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

What?
I'm kinda surprised that any email would ask you to have a previous email to be able to create account... Proton surely didn't for me. The only way they could require identifying verification would be by demanding a cellphone number, because you can lie about everything else, hell, if you have an online service for that you can lie about that being your phone number as well.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    There are several that do, namely protonmail. You can get an email address without having a previous one, but if you sign up to any website using a free protonmail account they require you to either pay, or give them another email account to verify you. Doesn't stop you from using disposable emails from what I remember though.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Well, this acc here, and several others I use, were created on free Proton email without giving them any contact information.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Could be a more recent change? I tried this about 6 months ago. I got around it using a temp email, though. Admittedly I don't use that account for much, and should probably delete it xD

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    From my experience it seems to require verification or payment if you try to create multiple accounts over a short period of time, or if you create an account over Tor or a VPN. There might be other triggers that set it off but those are the ones I've found

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