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Disposable identities

At this juncture, we’d like to think that most internet users have cottoned on to the idea that it’s a good idea to have a junk email address, one used solely to log into sites of dubious character. There are so many sites that demand you give them your email address to log in (so they can send you a “confirmation code”) that it’s nearly essential to have an email address exactly for that purpose. Inevitably, the email address used will get sold by some unscrupulous site owners to spammers, and you can expect the given address will forevermore be polluted by endless waves of spam mail. Better

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