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Take a minute and think about your primary email address. If you’re anything like me, it is highly likely you’ve used the exact same handle for the last five, 10, or even 15 years. This email address is tied to everything from your bank accounts to your social media profiles, your tax documents, and your healthcare apps. Basically, all the important stuff.
However, at the same time, this same email address is used for throwaway websites, to read one-off articles, log in to public Wi-Fi, or buy something from an online store. We treat our email addresses as the key source of identification on the internet, but in the modern landscape of the internet, exposing your true email address to every database willy-nilly is an utter liability.
Everyone protects their passwords. However, email is the identifier that ties every account you own.
The reality of the modern internet is that your personal data is a commodity, and your primary email address is essentially a tracker used to stitch that commodity together. Every corporate database breach or aggressive marketing campaign connects the dots using your email address and chips away at the security and, dare I say, sanity of your digital life.
Over the past few years, I completely redid how I interact with online services by adopting a strict email alias system. By utilizing a custom domain coupled with an email alias, I never give out my real email address to anyone outside of my immediate personal and professional circles. It is easily one of the best choices I have made for my digital hygiene, and it is a strategy you should adopt immediately if you want to reclaim control over your inbox.
Have you used/considered using an email alias before? 5 votes Yes, I already use them. 80 % Yes, I've considered it. 20 % No, I don't need one. 0 % No, I had never heard of email aliases. 0 %
Killing spam at the source
Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority
Traditional spam management is reactionary by nature. Your email provider runs your incoming messages through complex, algorithmic filters that try to guess whether a message is legitimate or malicious. Sometimes the filter works perfectly, but often times an important confirmation email lands in the junk folder, or a highly sophisticated phishing attempt slips directly into your main inbox.
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