Nowadays, with the multiplicity of websites, applications and other online services, it becomes difficult not to have your mailbox overloaded with e-mails.
Most services require users to connect and validate an email to verify the authenticity of the address provided.
While this request may have a laudable intention, it is unfortunately too often associated with sending spam.
In order to provide a solution to this problem, the company 1Password, which offers password manager services, has decided to collaborate with the Fastmail mail service to offer a random mail address generator service, at the same time. this is what Apple offers with its “Hide my email address” service.
Anonymity and security
Concretely, the software allows you to create unique and random email addresses and to link them to specific passwords to access sites and services.
This allows you to no longer have to disclose your personal address and identity when registering and thus preserve your anonymity by avoiding seeing your private mailbox filled with unwanted messages.
Another advantage concerns security.
A lot of hacks start with phishing emails.
Do not receive them on your mailbox and not see them, allows you to avoid clicking on them by mistake.
All emails received on these hidden addresses are centralized in an inbox.
You will therefore not lose access to your account if you need to access its addresses.
The service is accessible everywhere and on all major platforms (Mac, iOS, Windows, Android, Linus, Chrome OS), which means that you do not risk forgetting or losing access to a site using one of these hidden emails if you are on the move.
The service is chargeable and starts at $ 3 per month.
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