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· Föderation EN Mo 17.03.2025 22:02:57 If your adblock is good enough you always see the captchas, so you always know when a thing is cloud flair. Also, who's not doing single use email addresses? Every site is a sea of spammy notification/cart abandonment/special offer/watch list/privacy policy update/m&a mail... And thats before they get pwned or sell your details. Who wants all that in one mail box? I already get a bitcoin scam call every 2 weeks because i enabled sms 2fa one place and scammers got hold of the number. At this point they know i know and they know i know that, but the guys on the phone have a call/hour quota and they gotta pay rent i guess... |
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Föderation EN Mo 17.03.2025 22:42:20 @EndlessMason : thanks for responding! You wrote: " Yes, and before that you wrote: Most people. The amount of worries I have for people like you and me are negligible compared to the people who are *not* like you and me. We should not need to fix people, we need to fix the internet. |
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Föderation EN Mo 17.03.2025 23:00:15 @ErikvanStraten @0xF21D @malanalysis This is not an exclusive-or choice. In fact, if there were a hypothetical technology that allowed the user to use a certificate for authentication, and manage it in a key ring and sync it safely between browsers, you'd still need your human user to opt in to use it, to demand sites provide it and to be knowledgeable enough to keep the cert secret. They'd also need to know to not fax their cert to bad guys. |
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Föderation EN Mo 17.03.2025 23:47:11 @EndlessMason that sounds more like you might be signing up to the wrong places? But I also refuse to give my mail address to sites that are "suspicious enough" |
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Föderation EN Di 18.03.2025 01:17:08 @nightoo Everybody and their dog want an email address, and they'll look at you like you have two heads if you tell them you don't have one. Worse, they'll have no way to record that you said "no", so they'll just casually ask you that every time you stop by to do whatever it is that they're for... Now imagine you're taking medication either that causes or treats irritability, and the chemist asks you that every fucking god damn time Oh, and you have to give your email to create an account on the site that prints custom "Fuck you I don't have an email address" t-shirts too. |
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Föderation EN Di 18.03.2025 03:31:21 @EndlessMason hm maybe the problem is more pronounced wherever you're living then, or maybe I just got lucky. |
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Föderation EN Di 18.03.2025 21:44:15 @EndlessMason @ErikvanStraten @0xF21D @malanalysis Cory Doctorow @pluralistic argued that hiding your email address from spambots is futile anyway so he doesn't worry when he publishes it regularly: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/dec/21/keeping-email-address-secret-spambots He needs a good spam filter technique though. Afaik he is still using the same email address. |
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Föderation EN Mi 19.03.2025 06:41:34 @skaphle @EndlessMason @ErikvanStraten @0xF21D @malanalysis Still am. |
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Föderation EN Mi 19.03.2025 09:55:00 Medien: 1 |
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Föderation EN Mi 19.03.2025 07:48:24 @skaphle @EndlessMason @ErikvanStraten @0xF21D @malanalysis @pluralistic A good promo for #Thunderbird , it’s a very good email client. I use it as well (not that my use is any recommendation whatsoever next to Cory’s :) |
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Föderation EN Mi 19.03.2025 21:40:49 @RaymondPierreL3 We welcome any and all recommendations! They are all good, and thanks for using us (and telling your fediverse friends.) 😊 🙌 |
