Ahsan Luqman·October 29, 2026Can Websites Tell You Are Using an Email Alias?Some websites can tell an address is an alias, usually from its domain. Detection is not rejection, and plain aliases on clean domains pass more often than random strings on shared domains.Email Aliases9 min read
Ahsan Luqman·October 29, 2026How to Protect Your Email When Donating to CharityA separate email alias for each charity keeps donor lists apart, keeps tax receipts reachable, and stops one charity's appeals from reaching a main inbox.Email Privacy9 min read
Ahsan Luqman·October 29, 2026How to Protect Your Email When Joining Online ForumsA forum signup asks for an email address that becomes its activation and recovery address, so use a separate alias and pseudonym for each forum.Email Privacy9 min read
Ahsan Luqman·October 29, 2026Links From People You Know Can Still Be DangerousA familiar name in the inbox does not make a link safe. Hijacked accounts and spoofed display names turn a known sender into a trap.Email safety9 min read
Ahsan Luqman·October 28, 2026How sellers protect their email address when selling onlineA seller guide to keeping a real inbox out of online sales: platform messaging, one alias per listing, no shared codes, closed after the sale.Email privacy15 min read
Ahsan Luqman·October 28, 2026A separate email alias per booking keeps each trip organisedAn email alias for a travel booking is a separate forwarding address used for one trip or one provider, so confirmations and changes stay findable.Email aliases12 min read
Ahsan Luqman·October 28, 2026YmirLink breach may have leaked 51.6 million recordsYmirLink reported on 26 October that data may have leaked from 49 Cuenote FC systems, totalling 51,628,280 records, with 16 systems still being counted.Data Breaches10 min read
Ahsan Luqman·October 27, 2026One alias per loyalty programme keeps its mail separateOne alias per loyalty programme keeps points mail separate, stays active while the balance lasts, and names the programme behind later marketing.Email privacy10 min read
Ahsan Luqman·October 27, 2026When an Alias Starts Getting Spam, Contain It and Replace ItSpam on an alias names its source, but the order matters: identify the source, create a replacement, update the account address, pause or delete the alias, and report the sender.Email Privacy10 min read
Ahsan Luqman·October 27, 2026Your email is signed up for things for four clear reasonsMost signup forms never check that the typer owns the address. Four causes explain the signups, and the cause decides the response.Email privacy11 min read
