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deanrihpee t1_j5u9x05 wrote

Reply to comment by MrSquigles in Everyone Wants Your Email Address. Think Twice Before Sharing It. by 08830

Spam and scam probably, also some probably try to search on the data breach repository if your email is there and will try to use any leaked info connected to those email

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SeruEnam t1_j5ue8pp wrote

That's why I decided to have an email for food apps, an email for bills, and an email for documents to send or receive.

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voidsrus t1_j5vym8l wrote

i use gmail's "+" and the merchant's name to segment out who's abusing/selling my email address. for sites that don't accept that, i have a "spam@" alias. for companies who won't accept that, i have "crap@". both of those two go directly to spam folder.

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