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Email Aliases

Risk

The risk

Why this matters

Using one email everywhere creates a universal identifier. A data breach at Service A exposes your presence on Service B. One address per service means zero cross-service correlation.

Recommended tools

What to use

SimpleLogin
SimpleLoginOSSFree

Email alias service. Now part of Proton. Open-source.

addy.io
addy.ioOSSFree

Anonymous email forwarding. Open-source. Self-hostable.

Proton Mail
Proton MailOSSFree

Built-in alias support with hide-my-email addresses.

Setup guide

How to set it up

  1. 1

    Sign up for SimpleLogin or addy.io

  2. 2

    For every new service registration, generate a unique alias

  3. 3

    If a service gets breached or starts spamming, disable that single alias

  4. 4

    For existing accounts: gradually migrate to aliases when you update credentials