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Blur, my preference generates unlimited masked (forwarding emails you can use for account creation and contact forms. Their browser extension allows you to create email addresses without leaving the webpage you're using it on.
Blur is another “freemium” service. The paid version offers additional features and Blur is one of at least two privacy services offered by a company called Abine.
The benefit of masked email addresses is that it makes it difficult for your accounts to be linked to each other, either by data miners or hackers, should multiple services you use be breached. (It's a matter of time.) It also protects you from people who might learn of your email address some way; your email address is often your username and, therefore, half of the information needed to access one of your accounts.
Actually better LPT, always sign up with a disposable email address. Blur from Abine has add ons for Chrome and Firefox. When you are signing up for a new service it detects the email field and asks if you want a new email address and creates a random one. You can get all your emails forwarded to your standard email address and even reply to them through this random email, but if you want to stop getting any more emails you can simply deactivate it in Blur's control panel. The best bit is you can see who are the dirty companies who sell your email address to third parties.
pay with cash (the original anonymous payment system) for everthing possible
pay with bitcoin for online purchases, when possible
use paper notebooks, agendas, and even ledger books for accounts; makes a lot of your most private and sensitive data unhackable
use a signal blocking pouch for your phone when travelling or going to a location that you would prefer to visit anonymously, or when you want to have a private conversation and don't trust your phone not to eavesdrop
use VPN or Tor or both all the time, on all devices
use an email masking service (Blur offers an excellent, free service) so that you have an anonymous email address for every single account; makes co-relating your online account activity much more difficult
if you use Last Pass, I recommend enabling the virtually unhackable two-factor Authentication Grid, which is paper printout
do not use point cards at stores; these are are perhaps even worse for privacy/anonymity than debit/credit, as they produce an itemized record of exactly what you purchase
I use Blur (https://dnt.abine.com/)
Edit: Generate one time credit cards, masked emails, masked phone numbers, and some other goodies. They have a password service, but I never recommend using anything like that. Use a password manager where data is encrypted and stored locally.
Edit: They also offer a another service which I use called DeleteMe, worth checking out.
Here's an even better alternative, in my opinion.
https://dnt.abine.com/#feature/masking
This lets you set up email addresses that will forward to your own address, but the sites you sign up for only get the "@opayq.com" address.
This gives you basically unlimited e-mail addresses, without ever having to set up a new gmail.
After hearing praise for Privacy.com on The Complete Privacy & Security Podcast I signed up and have been really liking it. It creates a masked debit card. If you need a masked credit card I would look into Blur's Premium service (also recommended on the podcast). It's about $3/month. Privacy.com's Android app is pretty good, Blur's Android app is pretty shite but doable.
I use Blur/Abine. I LOVE it because I can create an unlimited number of email addresses that all forward to my Gmail and I can respond to any email received using the fake address via Gmail without the sender ever getting my Gmail email address. I use it for Craigslist/verifying email address by clicking the link/etc...
The website keeps a tally of the number of emails ever sent to each email address you've created, a tag to designate which address was used with which company, and you can easily shut them down individually if you get spammed.
Total game changer.
> So I made a throwaway gmail. I never attached a phone number to it or set recovery questions.
And you have now thrown it away. The process is complete.
You can use masked emails if you want to "throw away" emails.
Abine offers such a service and it seems reliable.
I use Privacy.com for masked debit cards and Blur for masked credit cards. Privacy.com is free, Blur is $3/month and and an additional $2/masked credit card purchase.
DON'T use gmail to sign up for stuff, is my advice.
Google will continue to compile information on your internet use.
You shouldn't use the same login information for multiple accounts.
I use Blur (referral link, in the interests of full disclosure) to generate an unlimited number of forwarding email addresses for non-critical online accounts (i.e., Blur email for reddit but protonmail for my bank). Blur knows about my online activity but better them than Google.
This is also the advice from the Complete Privacy and Security podcast.
Well aware of Blur, they're pretty good. Anyone who wants virtual emails should check them out - that's a free service.
They do paid services, too. Last I looked, their virtual phone number and virtual cards were not available in Australia. Their password manager might be decent, but it's not FOSS so I didn't use it (I use KeepassXC + Nextcloud).
Privacy.com offers masked debit cards. Blur would be my goto for masked credit cards. For background on both, checkout the Complete Privacy and Security Podcast. They interview the CEO of Privacy.com and the CTO of Blur.
Blur, my preference generates unlimited masked (forwarding emails you can use for account creation and contact forms. Their browser extension allows you to create email addresses without leaving the webpage you're using it on.
Blur is another “freemium” service. The paid version offers additional features and Blur is one of at least two privacy services offered by a company called Abine.
The benefit of masked email addresses is that it makes it difficult for your accounts to be linked to each other, either by data miners or hackers, should multiple services you use be breached. (It's a matter of time.) It also protects you from people who might learn of your email address some way; your email address is often your username and, therefore, half of the information needed to access one of your accounts.
You could do that and it would certainly make things a little more difficult. Here are some ideas to help lock down your account though:
Register LastPass with an email that address that you don't use for other accounts. If you have your own domain, just make another alias but make sure you have DMARC and DKIM properly setup. Also, turn on multi-factor authentication like Google Authenticator, preferably not SMS. Never use this email address for anything else.
In your LastPass Account settings, look at the trusted devices - make sure you only have devices you use.
In Account Settings, make sure you only have your mobile devices listed.
Run the LastPass security Challenge and remediate any weak findings.
Never, ever access LastPass on a device that is not yours. (i.e. Internet Cafe PC, Library, etc.)
Make sure MFA is enabled on your LastPass account.
You can also consider using a service like Blur and set a different email addresses for each site you register and forward them to one central email address.
If you don't mind spending the money LastPass also offers an Enterprise version which lets you restrict access to your account using various policies. For example, only access from countries or IP ranges.
> In the future if your bank offers it, create a virtual credit card number.
Even if they don't, there are a few good of third-party services online that do this. I use Blur, since they do not only masked CCs, but emails and phone numbers as well.
I use Blur app on my phone, and the extension on my FF browser from Abine. Been using them for more than 2 years and I'm quite happy. They offer a variety of tools along with it including the credit card/on-line purchase masking and a secure browser for your phone (so that your carrier doesn't know what you browse on your phone). Your bank statements, Financial institution, and Merchant will never know your identity or card info. Basically, they act as a trusted proxy. I use two identities, keep one credit card obtained exclusively and only for all on-line purchasing using Blur masking, and another card (or cash) for all other types of public use (including swipes at shops, gas, groceries, whatever etc).
Blur from Abine allows you to generate disposable email addresses that can be forwarded to your real account. If you see an email address is being sold and being sent spam, block or delete the disposable address.
Bedę kontrowersyjny: Blur (https://dnt.abine.com/). Jest płatny ale płacę bo oferuje rzeczy, których nie znalazłem w innych narzędziach:
- maskowanie emaili - łatwo generujesz nowe emaila w formularzach z przekierowaniem do twojej prawdziwej skrzynki. Jednym kliknięciem można je zablokować. Koniec ze spamem. Jak dla mnie killer feature.
- ma bardzo dobre wtyczki do przegladarek i aplikację na androida. Hasła są automatycznie uzupełnienia na desktopie i w aplikacjach (firefox np. nie uzpełni haseł w appkach)
- autouzpełnianie adresów i kart kredytowych
Do tego ma oczywiście wszystkie inne bajery typu automatyczne generowanie haseł, wykrywanie haseł, które się powtarzają, automatyczne aktualizowanie danych (np. jak zmieniasz hasło w formularzu) itp. Jeśli bitwarden albo keepass ma już teraz maskowanie email i inne bajero to chętnie się o tym dowiem i się przerzucę ale jeszcze parę lat temu Blur był wart tych paru euro miesięcznie.
I use a site that gives you a unlimited amount of email addresses that forward to whatever email address you set it up to forward to and if you start getting spammed you just go there and slide a slide control that turns the forwarding off or you can delete it altogether if you like. I've been using it for years now and it works great! Check out:
Also, you can go back and turn an email address back on later if you want to. If you install the app any time you sign up on a new website it suggests a email address and a password to use or you can click on "customize" to add to the suggested passwords. It's the greatest site I've found to cut down on spam emails!
Something important to check...
Review the data on your NPI record. You have to make your own account but it's free.
Nnpes does a shit job of identifying which data they make public. Providers enter personal info because there is little guidance. Companies like lexis/nexus scrape the data and resell it. Your company may have done a data refresh
Also, consider a service like https://dnt.abine.com/#premiumreg
You get a phone number that rings into your phone. You can block callers on the app and no one has your personal phone number. If you have questions, DM at your convenience.
> Valor em criptomoedas
Colocas 1/10 ou 1/100
>o vosso IP address
Sempre VPN
> e dados pessoais como nome
Não precisas de dar ou inventas
>ou email...
Usar sempre descartáveis.
Who do you use as your email provider? Gmail is OK for this as you can have as many addresses as you like but obviously they're not great from a privacy point of view but all the paid providers seem to only give you a few addresses and then you have to pay per additional user, which gets expensive if you have a few.
If you don't need to reply to the emails sent to those addresses or send new emails from them, they can just be dummies that go to the catchall address but with most of my addresses I need to be able to reply or send emails from them.
I also use the free email masking service at https://dnt.abine.com which allows me to reply to emails sent to those addresses and delete any of them if I start getting spam but I can't send new emails from them, so I can't use them for anything where I need to do that.
Can try Blur https://dnt.abine.com/
They'll ask for U.S. billing address but it can be any random NYC building on gmaps. The the bank card and number that they ask for can be from any country I think. They charge $3 for a virtual card though.
For 7, you could also use something like Blur especially if you don't need to keep using that website, it'll mask your original email, generate a random one and will push all emails to your main address without letting the website know your original email.
Not sure how my comment ended up in the wrong thread, but for many years I’ve been using Blur by Abine to generate unique email addresses for every single web service I use. If I ever get spam via one of those addresses, not only do I know who sold my info, but I can also just disable that one address to eliminate the spam. All the unique emails forward to my private gmail address, which I never give out.
He mentioned looking at alternatives since Linphone changed how it receives calls (I think it's receives, not outgoing) with Twilio but hasn't released any new info yet. This year would be the new EP edition, so maybe we'll get some info soon.
>No. I need numbers to text and call with, basically just to replace my actual number.
Ah, yeah, MySudo is really tough to replace because there's nothing really like it.
There are services like Blur or Masqt that will mask your phone number, allowing you to keep it more private. It gives up some privacy because Blur or Masqt knows your true number but it will prevent the public and businesses from knowing it when you give out the masked number.
Abine email aliases (free service). Every time a site or app requires a valid email to proceed and sends some kind of verification link I create one using Blur. I've even done it IRL when a store asked for a contact email for an order or something. These aliases forward to my own private email address at my home email server. I have to use DYN to get around the ISP blocking port 25 and that costs roughly $10/yr + domain name registration, etc.
There aren't any 1:1 MySudo alternatives for Android that I can recommend. There are a couple services that will mask phone numbers somewhat internationally, but they don't work in all countries. Blur will mask numbers (paid feature) and Masqt will as well (also paid).
Blur works here
> Masked Phones are supported in the following countries: > > * Austria > * Germany > * Belgium > * Denmark > * Finland > * France > * Ireland > * Italy > * Netherlands > * Poland > * Portugal > * South Africa > * Spain > * Sweden > * United States > * United Kingdom
Masqt works here
> Where are Masqt phone numbers available? > > We are currently offering numbers in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the United States, Canada, and Australia.
Prepaid service is the only other thing I can recommend currently if these options are available in your country. All of the other apps and services aren't privacy friendly.
Somewhat simpler than that, just use a masked email forwarding service. eg. Blur from Abine
I've been doing this for years for newsletters or beta signups or whoever I don't want to have my real address.
It is a distinct identifier. A few years ago I didn’t even care. But then I realized... why would i want the shopping sites, credit card processors, google and everyone they sell info to, to know everything I buy and search for and say online? Info is power so why give big tech more power over you? Use blur (https://dnt.abine.com/) for burner / alias email addresses that forward to your ‘real’ email. I use a different one for every site I use. Use privacy.com for virtual and burner credit cards you can use with alias names for online purchases.
Perhaps you're thinking of Blur? The card masking is US only but the masked phone numbers work in a few additional countries. Entropay is the only other somewhat similar service that worked abroad for card masking (didn't do number masking, as far as I know) but that service shut down quite some time ago. There's also Revolut, but that's more of a bank that gives out virtual cards than a masking service.
I'm not aware of any other service that does what you describe in the UK.
>>Do Masked Cards work internationally?
>At this time, Masked Cards are available for US users only.
>>Are Masked Phone numbers supported internationally?
>Masked Phones are supported in the following countries:
Austria Germany Belgium Denmark Finland France Ireland Italy Netherlands Poland Portugal South Africa Spain Sweden United States United Kingdom
I'm with you there!
I TRY to limit how much data different companies can know about me, without losing the benefits of the "all mighty cloud" by using different email addresses (Ad here: Abine / Blur, very easy to make new email that forwards to your actual email address, if someone starts sending spam, it's a one-click-solution to block.)
But it is hard to make your smart home local network only, so I went in the "let's embrace the cloud... with some security compromises, hopefully not too many" while doing whatever I can to make it hard with different usernames and passwords all kept in a passwordmanager.
Why don't you just use a random string instead of the service name and your name? That way it becomes way harder to group them, and you can save all your random mail adresses in a password manager anyway. Ther is a free service, that does this automatically for you here: blur.
Blur is my personal recommendation. Easy and straight forward way to create burner emails that forward to whatever email address you want. They have other masking services (for phone numbers and credit cards) but the email portion is free. I've been using them for about a year now and works wonderfully.
Yeah it is a total game changer. It's legit. I use it all the time. It really is the best for managing subscriptions and limiting your risk due to data breaches. When you use the virtual card numbers you can use any name and address as well which is awesome for privacy. You can actually anonymously sign up for stuff that requires payment. IMO it's one of the key privacy (derp) tools along with an adblocker and a good password manager. If you're interested in online privacy also check out Blur, it's a good way to have an infinite number of virtual email addresses (they offer other things too but I only use the email function).
I use Blur - https://dnt.abine.com/. However, they are not perfect. Just a FYI they have had a database leak in the past. However, I do use them for all of my e-mail needs. 99% of the times I have to enter an e-mail, I give a temporary e-mail from Blur that forwards to my main e-mail address.
There used to be entropay, but they fully shut down this month.
There's also abine. Other providers offer virtual cards too I believe. I'm pretty sure revolut introduced them, and there are others like ecopayz the do one-use prepaid cards. I can't vouch for the privacy of any of those though! They're mostly intended for security, but albine's service is centred around privacy.
One thing worst mentioning is using a masking an email service like https://dnt.abine.com. They won't be able to access your email since there is no login for a masked email.
Something similar happened to me with getting doxed, they ended up looking up my username and found it associated with my personal email address containing my name. They found family and school. The entire time they talked about my info I just went along with it and was making jokes about it acting like I didn’t care that they knew my information. They kept saying they were going to call a bomb threat on my school but I just laughed if off because I knew they wouldn’t actually do that (they never did). Since then I started focusing more on my privacy on the internet and I changed all my passwords to my accounts, I removed mine and my families information on multiple big people search engines like whitepages, pipl, etc. I am trying to convince my family members to remove pictures of me on their social media, but they insist on keeping them up for memories. I’ve realized just how many random websites i’ve signed up for using my personal email address and I wish I could go back in time to avoid that mistake. I signed up for Blur to use masked emails which then get fowarded to my protonmail account. Here is a good guide on what to do if you got doxed.
It automatically generates a masked email for you to use with a site and then forwards it to your email of choice. It has a built in inbox that claims to hold emails for 4 hours but I've seemed to notice it holding them for a whole day. The email masking is free to use for forwarding to one email, but I think with the premium service you could choose multiple emails to forward to. Some websites give me an issue with the obscurely masked emails or sometimes flag it for ~~spam~~fraud. Using the browser extension it seems to test which domains will work when generating the masked email for the site, such as it giving me a maskme.com domain for Facebook instead of the usual opayq.com domain.
Blur from abine generates and stores passwords and can mask emails, credit cards, and phone numbers. That way you don't have to give your real info to anyone.
Not sure about API keys though
Blur has always been my go to. It has all the typically password generation/management features, and it can generate throw away emails so you don't have to give yours away on every website! And it's end to end encrypted as expected
Read up https://www.abine.com/index.html
https://dnt.abine.com/#dashboard
By using make email, you can
avoid giving out your primary email ID
avoid having to create new email IDs from scratch
When creating an account on any social media site, you can create a masking email and sign up with that.
Each masked email can be labelled. If a particular website spams you, just turn off the masked email.
I use Blur, formerly DoNotTrackMe to create individual random email addresses for things like this.
If you get spam, you can instantly see where it came from, and kill the email address should you need to. Also does unique password generations.
I like blur https://dnt.abine.com/#/login. They have a firefox plugin so when I come to an email prompt a popup comes up and asks if I want to use one of their fake ones. They will, by default, forward to your email but you can turn off forwarding at any time.
Download Blur
Update your email on the compromised accounts to a BLUR proxy email. Then you can forward all email traffic to a safe (uncompromised account). Also have BLUR generate unique passwords for each site, and you can track USER/PASS combos with the built-in BLUR password manager. I also recommend having a KeePass backup for redundancy.
>Oops, typo : https://dnt.abine.com/
> You can generate one time credit cards, generate masked emails, masked phone numbers, etc. with this service.
Thanks. Who are they? Are they run by a bank?
Blur has this feature as well. It blocks trackers on websites as you browse the web. When you need to enter in your email somewhere it lets you choose to use your email or a throwaway (Recommends whether or not you should use a throwaway based on how many trackers the site has).
Thank you again for your reply. Then, if I can manually lookup my passwords when I am offline, how does it work? If I switch my Wifi off, then I click on the Blur button in Google Chrome, then the Accounts link, it tries to bring me to https://dnt.abine.com/#accounts, which cannot be reached as I am offline. This is what I do not get, how do I see my passwords when I am offline?
PO Box will show up as just that, anything from amazon will show up as amazon. If you find someone you can trust and you want something that isn't on amazon you can trade them an amazon gift card to order whatever you need and have it shipped to the PO Box. Or you can use a service like Blur. https://dnt.abine.com/#vpn/anonymizer
> suspricious
*suspicious
The feature you describe is useful, but I think it's specific to Gmail and a small handful of other providers. Also, many sites don't allow email addresses with a "+" in them.
I used to use the approach you describe, but I've since switched to the email masking features included in Abine's Do Not Track Me browser extension.