this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2023
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[–] CosmicTurtle 37 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The best way to fight the fingerprinting is for us to all use the same throwaway email address.

I use [email protected] for shit like this.

[–] MimicJar 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I use legal@[website.com]

I figure if they're going to send spam, the legal department should be aware.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

privacy@[website] is probably an even better route, since I've seen it commonly used for the actual data privacy officer / department / etc.

[–] ThePantser 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That is a "Free election betting site" now. It used to be a porn site in the early 2000s.

[–] Blue_Morpho 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem is that all the places that ask for email verify it. So it has to be something you can check.

Even Lemmy.world wants a real email and if you use a disposable email provider they say they'll kill your account when they eventually double check.