Does it have any significance?

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    i own a domain, and have a catchall account which forwards to a single address.

    any time i sign up for a service, i use their business name as the prefix.

    for example : i decide to go shop at a store called Mold Gravy, and the clerk tells me i can save 15% on today’s purchase by giving them my email address. i tell them it’s moldgravy@mydomain.com.

    this keeps my actual main email account from getting polluted, and also if i notice an increase in spam, i can see which company either sold my fake email address, or were compromised, and the i can simply block it.

    it costs $10/yr for a domain name, and another $5/month for hosting. well worth it.

    ETA : there’s a lot of really great suggestions here, not only in response to me, but also in this whole thread!

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      That’s really poor OPSEC. I just visited your github and found the email, because you have no clue how git works. haveibeenpwned.com shows that this email is in 23 data breaches. Now, I can download the ParkMobile data breach and find your license plate and possibly phone number. If I would have the Slickwraps or Straffic breach then I would also be able to get your address. I can also download Collection #1 and get one or few of your old passwords. Your OPSEC can be broken in few minutes by a random internet stranger.

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    I use my main account for that. I just unsubscribe from all news letters immediately so I don’t generally get any spam.

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      Do you understand that if someone would find this email, then they would be able to get an incredible amount of information about you from data breaches?

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    Proton. They have a mail aliases feature where you can create temporary email addresses which forward to your account. Then, if you start getting junk you didn’t ask for, or have trouble unsubscribing, you just delete the alias.

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    My junk mail address is the name people hear when I say my actual name. So I guess it’s the more common, phonetically similar name to mine.

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    My email comes with masked email options, so if I need an email I just hit create and it generates one that forwards to/from my account. Just as easy to block or delete them.

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    A couple words from a dream I’d had that burrowed deep into my brain for a short time. I figured it was unique enough, I could get the original and not have to add number at the end.

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      26 days ago

      Cook idea! Weird how some dreams stick with you for years… or even a lifetime.

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        I remember a couple of first dreams from before I was a toddler. (I have memories from a loooong time ago, actually.) My dreams at the time kinda blended with reality and I couldn’t tell the difference.

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    25 days ago

    If I need a burner email I can generate a temporary one on Tempmail

    Other than that - my account for “less important stuff” is just one of my old ones. ;)