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submitted 3 weeks ago by ghodawalaaman@programming.dev to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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apparently you cant use an alias

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[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

What do you even mean by an alias? Just an alternate email address? How can they tell?

[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Likely a service like SimpleLogin or Addy.io

[–] ghodawalaaman@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

alias is basically having a dummy email address which will forward emails to your real email. so that way they wont know your real email and cant spy on you