They work by giving you a random email address that is available for a short time (ex. 10min) and an inbox for any messages you recieve during that time (ex. an email verification message from a Lemmy server)
I didn’t want to recommend a specific one, however Googling “temporary email” should give you several options to choose from.
please don’t use a temp email (or non existent) for anything you might care about. also, make sure you never typo your email address.
example:
- someone uses a typo or fake email to create an account with some service.
- that service is later hacked and all emails found out
- hacker creates the email for real
- hacker just got your account
I’ve also seen people use temporary emails, forget the password or just need some sort of comms and then lose their account forever to the dustbin of time. These things happen.
YSalsoK that many sites block these email addresses when trying to sign up. especially the bigger providers of such services.
Anybody got suggestions for a temp (or not) virtual phone number? Like Google Voice but give you the ability to have more than one, and delete it?
MySudo
For those on iOS or macOS there is « hide my email » which is very well integrated. Otherwise simple login has great extension and can be self hosted.
The new Proton Pass also has this feature, as does iCloud+.
Proton Mail has aliases that you can generate and then disable until you need it again. They are also integrated with simple login but I haven’t tried that out yet. I pay for unlimited so I have enough aliases (for now). I’ve even started creating ones specifically for my utilities like power, water, electricity, cable, etc.
I’ve just noticed Fastmail has a similar feature too
I used https://temp-mail.org/ on Reddit quite a bit. Quick & no registration needed. Just keep in mind that you cannot restore your account that way.
but reddit doesnt require an email? I never used an email for all my accounts Id create a new account every few months
It does now last I checked, but didn’t use to.
There are also more permanent alias services including Firefox Relay, SimpleLogin, AnonAddy, and DuckDuckGo. You can turn off each alias that you no longer need afterward.
apple offers one as well if you’re on safari
I have used that service many times
I’ve read about the Apple service for this, but i don’t have an iCloud account.
Yep, super convenient. I now use Fastmail where this is built in, but nevertheless, very handy.
Same here, signed up a couple of months ago and have made good use of it when trying out services.
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Could you please include some body text as to why should people know this, and how would that help them? It’s our second rule. Thank you :)
was a bit turned off by the hard email requirement but i just made a quick proton one
