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Comment by svde

Op here.

Mail Hash is a little Chrome Extension to add a random string to an email address as an attempt prevent reusability for automated attacks in case a service get's hacked. Targeted attacks at specific addresses should be more difficult aswell, since an attacker would need to guess the random string you used for other services.

You can use plus addressing for providers that support it, e.g. [email protected] --> [email protected]

Or use a custom domain with catch-all filter, e.g. example.com --> [email protected]

Code lives on GitHub[0] and the extension can be downloaded at the Chrome Web Store[1].

I'm happy about any kind of feedback.

[0]: https://github.com/jsvde/Mail-Hash [1]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mail-hash/njjpbfib...

parent svde 7 years ago

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