Think Amazon, Apple, etc.

I use different emails via SimpleLogin for many services just to make it easier to spot when an email is caught in a breach and to spot just which service is the one that got breached (think of big paste breaches). Another example is if I have my real email address breached, some malicious person could see if I have an account with a service by entering my email and seeing if anything comes up (your password was incorrect, profile picture I have on the account, a password reset email has been sent to redac***@censor.com. I’ve seen this a lot with my Microsoft account, which I disabled my email for, and instead use my Gmail address for, but I digress.

I use my Amazon account a lot, but was holding off on using an alias on it. Obviously if I stop paying for a relay service I won’t have access to the email relay service and possible forwarding, but this shouldn’t be a problem. I was curious about how people here utilize aliases and the way you personal have your system/workflow setup.

Thanks!

  • solrize@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    For the most part yes. The account I’m posting from now is relatively identifiable but I will probably switch to a more anonymous one with an anonymous email at some point.

  • Guadin@k.fe.derate.me
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    2 years ago

    I have two domain names. One goes to anonaddy and I use that for all non-important stuff. Maillinglists (for discount), orders on a sketchy site, signingup for social media.
    The other ends up at protonmail and is for more serious stuff I don’t want to route via anonaddy (while I trust the developer and the service, I just want extra safety). I use aliases at protonmail as well to know where stuff comes from.

    Deciding which domain to use depends on a couple of things:

    • what happens if they access my mail. Is there a payment option connected, can they get into other services or request stuff from the government? If yes, chances are I go with the proton route.
    • do I expect a lot of advertisement, selling of my data or security breaches? If yes, I go with the anonaddy route.

    For amazon I use the anonaddy route. I do not add my creditcard or bank account to my account and if they do gain access, they will only get my email.

    Hope this helps.

  • tristanphips@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    Everything I run through simplelogin with proton unlimited. Don’t give out my real email to anyone unless it’s someone I know irl

  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Good thinking!

    I highly recommend getting your own domain name! Then you can setup google workspaces, or fastmail, or proton mail, or tutanota with the domain name and have all email to that domain go to your one inbox.

    Fast mail has a nice feature where if you reply to a email X@domain.example the from address for your message will be X@domain.example automatically!

    This allows you to have infinite address for services, and you can block an address that gets spammed or breached. If you want to be extra spicy setup a second level domain to avoid any automatic bot spam to the top level domain. i.e. AmazonLogin@service.domain.example.

    My workflow is ServiceName@type.domain.example, then I can sort all email by ServiceName on the To line. Really helps reduce spam. So far I’ve only had a data breach with Xfinity, so I’m on Xfinity3@type.domain.example with xfinity and xfinity1 both blocked.

  • Lengsel@latte.isnot.coffeeEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Austici if a free email service that allows for 5 aliases at a time, but at anytime time you can remove one and create a new alias.

    100% of all email addresses I give out are an alias to my Austici account.

    For Amazon, I use alonger alias address that I create when I order something so I get the email notices about my order, then after I get my order I delete the alias so all Amazon emils bounce back because if I didn’t order something, there is no reason for Amazon to email me.