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[d--b]

They go as far as asking to validate the email with a code... That plus the fact that they do send data to their servers for some reason...

[sdevonoes → d--b]

> They go as far as asking to validate the email with a code

You can receive email in temporary email inboxes :)

> That plus the fact that they do send data to their servers for some reason...

But the temporary email inbox is some random `sdsfi39324@oduhuf.fru.xy` inbox you find on the internet (not some inbox you create by your own)... so zero data about you is sent (if any).

[MattGaiser → d--b]

Do you consider your email to be all that private?

[dannyw → MattGaiser]

In the context of an app that requests accessibility access (read: everything I do on my computer, without restriction), absolutely!

[yjftsjthsd-h → dannyw]

But if it has that, isn't your email address almost an afterthought? I mean, if I can keylog you, who cares about your email address?

[soperj → d--b]

I have a real fake email address for this. It's been compromised in a bunch of leaks, my real email address has never been. I also get way less spam in my real email.