They’re saying “free” email services. What they mean are disposable e-mail services. You go to a website, they provide you with a random e-mail address. You enter that address into the form, check for the verification code on the disposable e-mail site and you’re done with the disposable e-mail. You never visit the disposable site again. Do a search for “disposable email”.
But if you only use that email account for authentication to the system and it’s not tied to you, they have no way of tying it back to you. It’s just an anonymous email address.
that now has your IP address and your host string, as well as matching your ID to any sales trackers you happen to have, basically all you need to uniquely identify a user across sessions
Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You mean those free email accounts that actively scrape your emails for data?
Is everybody here just on crazy pills today?
sturger@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
They’re saying “free” email services. What they mean are disposable e-mail services. You go to a website, they provide you with a random e-mail address. You enter that address into the form, check for the verification code on the disposable e-mail site and you’re done with the disposable e-mail. You never visit the disposable site again. Do a search for “disposable email”.
Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Son I’ve been using mailinator since before you learned to type
They still track your data, they still sell your usage, in fact THAT IS THE ENTIRE BUSINESS MODEL FOR DISPOSABLE EMAILS
It really staggers me how ignorant everyone in this thread seems to be about basic security practices
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
What security issue do you imagine arises from creating a Gmail account that receives a single Lemmy verification before the account is deleted?
sexyskinnybitch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
But if you only use that email account for authentication to the system and it’s not tied to you, they have no way of tying it back to you. It’s just an anonymous email address.
Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 1 day ago
that now has your IP address and your host string, as well as matching your ID to any sales trackers you happen to have, basically all you need to uniquely identify a user across sessions
njm1314@lemmy.world 1 day ago
All pretty easy to circumvent if you understand privacy. Guess you don’t…
sexyskinnybitch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
If you’re truly worried about that, turn the Internet off and never come back. What you are asking is impossible.