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Brave browser adds email aliases that forward to a primary address
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Brave is testing a feature that generates email aliases for web forms, forwarding messages to a user's real address while keeping it private from trackers and data breaches.
WHY IT MATTERS
This gives users a built-in way to prevent ad tech companies from matching their email across different sites and services. It also limits exposure if a website's database is compromised, as the leaked address would only be an alias.
Written by elseif from the cluster below · every claim links back to a sourceThe three things worth knowing
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Users receive five free aliases, with more planned for Premium users.
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Forwarded emails are processed for spam and viruses, then deleted from Brave's servers.
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Some forwarded mail may initially land in spam folders while Brave establishes its reputation as a mail provider.
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