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9 sats \ 9 replies \ @expatriotic OP 17 Feb \ parent \ on: How & why to make a new email address for EVERYTHING in your life. tech
I have Proton Mail, but I don't like to recommend them because they require an email to join... Which begs the question. How does one get a private, non-doxxed email, if they try to create and are essentially plugging in their doxxed gmail to sign up for a private account. It's crazy...
Tuta doesn't have this RIDICULOUS requirement and thus gets a rec from me.
goodness gracious you're wound tight. relax bro. i sed, good guide.
but the entire premise for this is "you don't need an email to sign up for this alias factory"
also, i never said you did or didn't use this or that. yes, this is your guide. we can all see that lol. if you don't want it criticized turn off the comments.
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Do people really reply as anon to hide? Good job donating 100 sats to the reward pool.
My guides inevitably get swarmed with, "You should have done this or that..." I'm hoping that eventually people will clue in to the fact that my guides aren't exhaustive. They're my stack and my process.
@itsrealfake with this comment #888542 is an excellent example of discourse on a guide that someone worked hard to make. Just coming by to share something the OP didn't know.
The Proton Mail thread is crazy because it's brought up, I give my thoughts, and then it devolves into a complete denial of the fact that needing email to create email is a classic issue of the chicken and egg dilemma.
When I first decided who to use for this set-up, I almost chose Proton Mail and Simple Login... The only reason I didn't is because Tuta + Addy was cheaper. And now it's mostly a switching cost issue.
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It is for recovery. Just make a throw-away gmail account and use it to register Proton. Then make another proton, using the first one, and change the recovery email in the first to the second.
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That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. You should have the option of adding an email for recovery IF YOU WANT after you make the account.
It defeats logic.
How does one sign up for their FIRST email address if every time they're required to give an email address.
You literally just admitted they'd be forced to use Google... Facepalm
That's awful UX.
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Creating a throw-away gmail account is not "using Google". I have a number of proton accounts for various anon identities.
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I have a thow-a-way account for google play on my GrapheneOS phone. You miss my point entirely.
- How does one get a FIRST email if they are always REQUIRED to give an email to get an email...
- Most normies existing emails are doxxed and THAT is what they'd use to sign up with Proton Mail
- Using Google != using Google??
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missed the point. can sign up for proton with some of the temp email sites.....which are 100% anonymous.
also nymbox requires an email
also you tell folks to sign up for tuta...so why wouldn't they just du that for Proton?
This is a nice tutorial but it's all a little ridiculously over the top. someone "just trying to leave google" is gonna
- sign up for paid tuta (a little less than the price of these shenanagins)
- use the 15+ extra email addresses / aliases.
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BTW, I got an answer from RandomNym about needing an email and he replied thus:
At the moment we also do not verify if a customer email address really exists. Would be better if we would do it as we run sometimes in issues because of that but that's how it works right now
So technically my guide's flow stands, no need to get your private Tuta email first
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missed the point. can sign up for proton with some of the temp email sites.....which are 100% anonymous.
No I didn't. Requiring email to get email is dumb. I do USE proton, I just don't use it for my custom domain or aliasing. Feel free to deviate with the guide at will. It's MY set-up.
also nymbox requires an email
Good point, I should make getting a Tuta email step one not step two. Good catch.
And yes, Mynymbox and Addy.io will require your email. Only these two people will know your actual email. Then everyone else gets an alias.
also you tell folks to sign up for tuta...so why wouldn't they just du that for Proton?
Because it's MY guide and this is MY opinion and set-up. HOLY SHIT
someone ... is gonna
- sign up for paid tuta (a little less than the price of these shenanagins)
- use the 15+ extra email addresses / aliases.
Okay... let 'em. What in my guide prevents someone from deviating. I'm showing what I do. And I state why. If someone doesn't want to follow it... Cool. But why post here anonymously to point out that obvious fact?
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