My burner email blocklist blocked me
The author, who created a burner email blocklist in 2018, now regrets this practice and recommends against automatically blocking privacy email services at signup. They argue that legitimate privacy tools like Firefox Relay and Apple Hide My Email should be distinguished from disposable public inboxes, as aliases help users protect themselves from tracking and breaches rather than enabling fraud. The author notes that determined abusers have moved beyond blocklisted domains anyway, using methods like Gmail aliases and custom domains that evade such restrictions.
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