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0 pointsnothrabannosir6y ago0 comments

HN tangent: This is a great example of where the oft touted wildcards on a personal domain fall short: if you’re on that list, you’re outed. Even without your name on it; only you use that domain.

This is where Outlook with their *@outlook.com and apple’s new system really do shine.

Commiserations to those affected :(

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Normal_gaussian6y ago

Wildcards are a measure to track what others are (automatically) doing with your email address, provide a way to remove yourself from shared lists of bad actors, and sign up to something a dozen times. What they don't do is provide privacy against human eyes.

Silhouette6y ago

I've been wondering how this sort of email management strategy is going to handle the rules certain countries are bringing in now where if you want to go there then you have to provide a list of all of your email addresses and social media accounts. Has anyone run into that problem yet?

londons_explore6y ago

Yes, my email address is "usa-border@mydomain.com"

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