• FizzyOrange@programming.dev
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    18 days ago

    It’s still relatively easy to sign up for a major email provider anonymously.

    You don’t need to access it through Tor or a VPN to maintain anonymity.

    Plus for people that don’t want to give anything to Microsoft or their AI training in the first place, it’s already a non-starter.

    The question was about creating an issue. That’s going into the AI whether you logged in or not.

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      17 days ago

      It’s still relatively easy to sign up for a major email provider anonymously.

      In my experience, it is actually impossible. Either you get blocked (IP/ASN ban, endless captchas) or it requires SMS confirmation. I have not been able to sign up for any major email provider anonymously. I’m pretty sure that’s by design.

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        17 days ago

        Last I tried Outlook/Office.com/whatever it is now was still possible. Obviously don’t use a VPN etc.

        Or just get a burner phone of you’re really that paranoid.

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            16 days ago

            Why? There’s privacy conscious and then paranoid. Using a VPN to sign up to an email provider you’re using to sign up for another website is definitely the latter. What do you think is going to happen?

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              16 days ago

              I know that my ISP sells my data to third parties, so I prefer not to give it to them willingly. I don’t consider that paranoid.