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"Stop making me make accounts. A lightbulb that changes colors shouldn't require an account. A TV speaker shouldn't require an account, also quit asking for my email" (piefed.world)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/shit/p/1365383/stop-making-me-make-accounts-a-lightbulb-that-changes-colors-shouldn-t-require-an-accoun

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[–] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I agree!

The way that I combat this is that I have my own domain and make a trash@yadayada.something and that's all they get from me.

I can get the verification link and the rest goes to a box called "the void". The void auto deletes every night.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Same but with Addy.io

    I do wonder though. With device fingerprinting being what it is (and I'm only learning how deep it goes) I imagine it would be fairly easy to say all @yadaya.something are all the same person, and not individual people.

    I do a lot to stay anonymous/blend in (so many different threat models) but I wonder how much it does if they jsut know anyway.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Yeah, it's a cat and mouse game for sure. I think if you do anything that is more than voluntarily give your data to them, that's a win. I hope that at least I'm wasting some of there resources even if some data base has linked me to the trash email.

    I also love when reps ask for my email in person. I love spelling out "trash" phonetically and watch there face connect the dots. Also my domain is let's say ... Not user friendly and I say it fast and hope they miss hear or type and it's wrong because of them.

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