Articles tagged as "privacy"

We consume and generate, a lot of information per day. With more people using the internet and generating data around the world, there will be even more communication: more emails sent, more articles written, and more data to store and recall. During the period 2011 through 2021, the percentage of individuals worldwide using the internet almost doubled, from 31.2% to 59.6% [1]. People are joining the interconnected infrastructure of the modern web at a blistering pace, and yet there are still billions more that remain unconnected. When they too join the global network, we can expect even more ideas to join the chorus.

Email aliases have hit the mainstream over the past couple of years, with services such as Firefox relay, and integrated alias support from Fastmail and Proton. In this post, I’m going to share my experience using a custom domain for email aliases, and the things to consider if you are debating between using a custom domain for you email aliases.

Those that know me would describe me as a privacy-conscious person. When I talk to many people about privacy, they shutter at the thought of having to give up the connection they value with their friends online, or about not having a public presence on the internet. I get it, having an online presence in 2023 is all but essential for many careers, and opens the doors to new opportunities at a global scale. Due to the extensive data collection engaged in by almost all big tech companies, we have come to equivocate having such a public presence with giving up our privacy. I’m hoping to illustrate here that this doesn’t necessarily have to be the case.