Re:65M Tumblr Passwords for Sale on TheRealDeal
by cloudjacker on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @04:16PM
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That site is amazing, I can look up anyone's email address and see what hacked communities they are a part of
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Re:65M Tumblr Passwords for Sale on TheRealDeal
by gambler on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @07:16PM
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Unless they use different emails for different websites. This sounds extreme, but you just pointed out one reason that might be a good idea.
Re:65M Tumblr Passwords for Sale on TheRealDeal
by cm2187 on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @04:01AM
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And other reasons include:
Knowing who leaked your email or sold it to spammers
Being able to stop spam by deleting the email
You could even consider binding the email to a domain so the address would only accept emails from the domain you gave this email address.
You don't really want different mailboxes, you want one mailbox with different aliases. An alias becomes a "communication token" which can be revoked, very much like when paypal gives a payment authorisation token to an ecommerce website. If that token gets leaked, no big deal, no one else can use it. A single email address is more like a credit card number.
Re:65M Tumblr Passwords for Sale on TheRealDeal
by imtringued on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @04:17AM
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Try <username>+<per_site_suffix>@gmail.com and then set up a filter for every suffix.
The per_site_suffix can be anything you want.
Re:65M Tumblr Passwords for Sale on TheRealDeal
by cm2187 on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @06:27AM
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Except that everyone does that, I am sure spammers very well know that suffix trick.
Re:65M Tumblr Passwords for Sale on TheRealDeal
by rahkiin on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @07:00PM
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Well, the data is already on the internet...
Re:65M Tumblr Passwords for Sale on TheRealDeal
by cloudjacker on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @07:02PM
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it is more convenient, just upvote and move on