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Re:800M Email Addresses Leaked Online by Email Verification ... by pbhjpbhj on Friday March 08, 2019 @08:35AM (#19337331)
But if someone phishes you on [email protected] you're probably more likely to imagine it's legit. Swings and roundabouts.
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Re:800M Email Addresses Leaked Online by Email Verification ... by logifail on Friday March 08, 2019 @10:00AM (#19338022)
No-one would know that [email protected] is an email address you can even be reached on, unless it leaks out from BankCo.

ADD: and of course, you aren't really going to stick +BankCo after your real name to generate an email to use with BankCo. You're going to give them something generated like you'd generate a password - "[email protected]" or similar - so if anyone finds out that particular email address for you it doesn't tell them with whom you use it.

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Re:800M Email Addresses Leaked Online by Email Verification ... by usrusr on Friday March 08, 2019 @08:51AM (#19337439)
But that's a big if because phishers will always aim for the weakest individuals in the flock.
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