August 2024

Email Aliases Explained

Livestream this Sunday (Oct 20th)

Join me this Sunday, October 20th at 6pm Central/7pm Eastern as we talk everything email aliases. If you're looking for some new ideas, here's your chance to hear me explain my strategy.

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Go Deeper: If you've never heard of email aliases before, check out the next two videos for a deeper explanation.

What is an Alias? A simple but important explanation of the email alias: ​Email Aliases →​ (YouTube link)

Be Invisible Beyond the email alias...how can you be invisible online? ​9 Secrets to be Invisible →​ (ATS website)

Hi [CORRECTED_NAME GOES HERE], here's a true story I'm sure you can relate to: my wife is going to be a bridesmaid for a friend's wedding next month and we had to buy her dress online.

It's one of these specialized wedding websites that requires your email to make a purchase. Thanks GOODNESS I used an email alias because holy moly...

...this company has emailed me at least 20 times in the last week (and none of them have anything to do with the dress we bought). Crazy, right?!

Once we receive the dress in the mail, I will be disabling the email alias and hopefully never purchasing from them again.

I use email aliases pretty much every day and I couldn't live without them. What about you?

Josh

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Privacy & Security Roundup:

​AI Impersonation of MKBHD​

Popular YouTuber Marques Brownlee (MKBHD) called out a company for using an AI-created rip of his voice. The worst part? There are no legal repercussions.

​New Pixel 9 Phone is Google Surveillance Nightmare​

"Every 15 minutes, Google Pixel 9 Pro XL sends a data packet to Google. The device shares location, email address, phone number, network status, and other telemetry."

cybernews.com/security/google-pixel-9-phone-beams-data-and-awaits-commands/

​iOS 18 Mirroring Bug Exposes iPhone User Data​

An iPhone warning has been issued by security researchers after they found a “major systemic privacy bug in iOS 18 and macOS 15.0 Sequoia.”

www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2024/10/08/iphone-privacy-warning-ios-18-mirroring-bug-could-expose-your-data/
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Suggestions?

We're always open to your tips and suggestions to make this personal privacy and security newsletter as useful as possible!

- Josh

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