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by CryDeTaan 2237 days ago
How does it compare? > it's probably the same. This is not a novel idea. I wanted to learn something new and the solutions available had become bloated and I wanted something simple. I used something called maskme, which turned into something called Abine Blur in the past.

How do I get the phantom address? > Once you create an account and login, you will see an input where you add a description. Then a phantom address will be generated. https://imgur.com/a/yYHKoTF

I hear people say .... > I personally do not see this as a solution to spam.

I should probably add it to the TODO: https://mailphantom.com/#TODO

...But, lets say for instance I used a phantom address for some mailing list, and the company of this mailing list suffered a data breach, the email address would be obtain by the perpetrators, as an example. I don't want them to know what my actual email address is. If they know my actual email address, they can probably find out more about me.

This was my main reason for creating this.

I hope that helps

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Yes, thanks! Makes sense thinking about data breaches!