> Emails could be masked before Apple ID came along. Namely, gmail addresses let you do this.
How? I've used gmail for over a decade now, and I have no idea how to do that with my address.
> I don't trust FB or Google either
And yet you have no qualms providing a login through either of them both in the app and on the web.
So much for "I care about security and privacy".
Re:My small revenge on Apple
by baryphonic on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @10:53AM
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Gmail has the `+` trick and ignores any `.`s in the name area. E.g. `[email protected]`, `[email protected]` and `[email protected]` will all deliver to the same gmail inbox.
It's not nothing (I tend to use it to track how my email address is being sold), but not a real level of masking, since anyone in the know could regenerate the "standard" address easily.
Re:My small revenge on Apple
by collaborative on Thursday August 05, 2021 @09:29AM
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I don't force users to use Google/FB. They can use traditional email signup just fine
Emails could be masked before Apple ID came along. Namely, gmail addresses let you do this. So it's not anything new or revolutionary. Users could use that to sign up for Groups before
I would have probably ended up implementing Apple ID, but the fact that they forced it in a most discorteous manner frankly p**d me off. When someone does this kind of stuff you need to remember and try to curb their behavior where possible. That's what I'm doing
ps. I don't trust FB or Google either