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412 points thepuppet33r | 2 comments | 18 Nov 24 18:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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thepuppet33r ◴[18 Nov 24 18:01 UTC] No.42175024[source]▶
Yes, Google deserves to be distrusted and avoided as a whole, but Google Scholar is a genuinely net good for humanity.
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dumpHero2 ◴[18 Nov 24 19:00 UTC] No.42175704[source]▶
I have similar feeing for Gmail (it's effective anti spam engine), google maps and google docs (which pioneered shared docs. It feels outdated on many fronts now, but it was a pioneer).
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roflmaostc ◴[18 Nov 24 19:08 UTC] No.42175773[source]▶
anti-spam is only an issue if people dump their email anywhere. I usually register my mail on webpages as first.last+webpage@mail.com and once they would spam this mail, it gets blacklisted.

I literally get only 1-3 real spam mails per month without any filter.

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dripton ◴[18 Nov 24 19:16 UTC] No.42175853[source]▶
Words great, until a page rejects email with a '+' in it.
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1. hks0 ◴[18 Nov 24 19:37 UTC] No.42176067[source]▶
Not everyone's cup of tea, but quite nice if one can afford it: I have my personal domain and a catch-all inbox. So if I want to register at acme-co.xyz I will just use acmecoxyz@my-domain.tld

Maybe I should start using random words though? Wonder if someone will go bananas seeing their brand's name on my domain.

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2. kroltan ◴[18 Nov 24 22:34 UTC] No.42177840[source]▶
Yeah, I've had to explain that a couple times already, usually when dealing with customer support or in-person registrations.

And a "malicious" actor can get away with pretending to be another company by spoofing the username if they know your domain works like that. I don't think this has reached spammers' repertoire yet, but I wouldn't be surprised.

Eventually I'd like to have a way of generating random email addresses that accept mail on demand, and put everything else in quaraintine automatically.