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Re:The IAB loves tracking users. But it hates users tracking... by Vinnl on Monday January 16, 2023 @02:58PM (#34404800)
That's why for Firefox Relay [1], we recommend using random email masks, and why I use it over my own catch-all domain for unimportant things.

We do support your own catch-all subdomain, but that is just to cover the use case of having to come up with an email mask on-the-spot. If you are filling in a web form, best to use an email address that looks exactly like the email addresses of other Relay users.

[1] https://relay.firefox.com/

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Re:The IAB loves tracking users. But it hates users tracking... by wardedVibe on Monday January 16, 2023 @05:03PM (#34406051)
This seems handy, particularly the phone number part. Reminds me of the privacy credit card system, though their backend is privacy compromised.
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Re:The IAB loves tracking users. But it hates users tracking... by Vinnl on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @04:56AM (#34410815)
Yep, credit cards are definitely of interest to us too, but unfortunately we haven't been able to find a way to do so in a privacy-friendly manner yet, which is the entire point.
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