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When it comes to online security, the only thing we’re told not to reuse is our passwords. However, in reality, passwords rarely go alone and are almost always paired with an email address — something that travels everywhere in plain text but rarely gets the same level of caution.
By handing out our personal email addresses, we effectively give away our digital identifier, which can be used to trace us back. Just as you shouldn’t reuse your passwords everywhere, your personal email shouldn’t be used on every platform you sign up for, either — especially since email addresses are exponentially harder to replace if they end up in a leak.
A good way to achieve that is by using email aliases, which let you easily sign up for random online services without exposing your main email address. These are some of the best email alias services you should use.
How do you protect your primary email address? 163 votes I use email aliases 36 % I keep a secondary email 34 % I use my main email everywhere 18 % Never thought about it 12 %
SimpleLogin
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SimpleLogin is one of the most well-known email alias services, simply because of how feature-rich it is. Since it’s a dedicated service, SimpleLogin lets you connect your custom domain and create multiple aliases through that if you don’t want to use the default domain. One of its biggest perks is that you can reply to incoming emails via an associated alias without exposing your real email address.
Being owned by Proton, SimpleLogin automatically becomes a trusted service for your privacy and security. It also helps that it is open source. Under the Proton umbrella, it also seamlessly integrates with Proton Pass, one of the top password managers, for quick alias generation during sign-up without needing to open a separate app.
SimpleLogin is a power-user app, so if you are looking for a free service to start with, you’d be bummed to know that its free tier only supports ten aliases.
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