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theandrewbaileytoday at 3:51 PM2 repliesview on HN

Having your own domain and giving a unique email address to everyone... Is it correct to call this canary trapping email addresses?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_trap


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ikiddtoday at 4:04 PM

Sounds about right. Yes, I've been doing it for decades now and besides telling you who's selling email lists, it makes filtering much easier. Filtering by To: is pretty low effort compared to Bayesian spam filters etc. They get tossed in a Sieve filter as soon as they become a problem, and I'll send a bitch letter to the leaker with another random email address to see how dedicated they are to screwing me.

alt227today at 5:39 PM

How is this possible for any normal person with a work provided 365 account?

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