Why everyone wants your email address now

[kenny]

Everyone Wants Your Email Address. Think Twice Before Sharing It. (Published 2023)

Your email address has become a digital bread crumb for companies to link your activity across sites. Here’s how you can limit this.

www.nytimes.com

 

[missy]

I use a "dummy" email address I give to people I don't trust. One that I created for those purposes only.

 

[kenny]

But does that dummy know you're giving out his email address?

 

[missy]

But does that dummy know you're giving out his email address?

 

[TooPatient]

I use a "dummy" email address I give to people I don't trust. One that I created for those purposes only.

Same. I do need to go through and delete all of the older crud they send me though. So much junk comes in that it actually hit the maximum size limit and started bouncing messages at one point!

 

[Mrsz1ppy]

I am a bad girl. I have been giving my ex-husband’s email out for decades because I know he doesn’t read them!