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What temp or proxy email services can bypass filters made to detect temp emails? (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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I've noticed more and more things that require an email signup to be able to detect when an email is from a temp service. I've been using Smailpro.com for years now but it seems companies are wising up to proxy emails like those. With email being as important to identity as a phone number or address nowadays, I only use proxies unless it's something I deem important enough to use my real email for.

Anyone out there experienced with temp emails? Are there services that can still get through company filters?

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[–] 7 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Have you considered just buying a domain to use as a catchall address. That's what I use for the small % of services that refuse my simplelogin emails.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    It is a valid approach and good idea. But also ppl who do it should know... it ties all the accounts together through a domain no one else uses. With a privacy mail provider there could be millions of others on the domain. With a prvate domain, not so much. It's one more piece of data that helps identity brokers deduce that account A on site A is the same person as account B on site B.

    Some might not care about it. Or, they might. Threat models etc.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (2 children)

    A way to create some mitigation of this issue can be done using a service like Njalla or Porkbun where you can make the account annonomously and pay in xmr. Sure, all the bullshit signups are still tied to a single domain but that domain isn't tied to anything.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (1 child)

    If you are willing to have all your accounts linkable by the signup email, you dont need a temp or relay email service at all. Just sign up for a single random email address somewhere that lets you do it anonymously.

    I am happy with addy.io and havnt had any issues. You could maintain a few providers - throw in ddg and mozillas services - so you can try from lots of domains I guess.

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