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by repeekad 1111 days ago
Glad to not see an auth wall, sites like this have been used in the past to collect and sell email addresses.
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Any examples? If you’re collecting data don’t you need an email to avoid duplicate submissions
Random@throwaway.com can’t be that valuable surely?
Definitely, 10 minute mail is great for this, or if you actually want to keep the login you can use “masked email” through fastmail and 1password which I recommend.

That being said, most people don’t use the internet this way, and websites like OP have been used maliciously as lures to collect targeted data, such as an email list of people interested in H1Bs..