Google’s solution to Spam: Use a Fake Email for Sign-ups

It appears Google is developing a feature called ‘Shielded Email’ that allows users to create temporary email aliases to protect their primary email address from spam and unwanted tracking.

In the simplest of terms, Shielded Email helps you make a pretend email address so strangers can’t find or bother your real one. This keeps your real email safe from too many messages or people trying to follow what you do.

How it works

The Shielded Email system will forward messages from generated email addresses (the pretend email) to the user’s main account, enabling users to control spam by turning off forwarding at any time.

Privacy

This feature aims to enhance user privacy by reducing the risk of data breaches and online tracking, making it safer to share email addresses with less trustworthy apps.

Currently I have a second Gmail account that I use to sign up on websites that won’t let me proceed without signing up even when I know I won’t be returning. Worse still when the site looks sketchy.

Still in the works

Unfortunately, there is a chance we never see the feature come to fruition. It is still a work in progress and there is no guarantee Google will ship it.

As of November 15, 2024, the Shielded Email feature has been spotted in the Autofill settings but currently leads to an empty page, indicating it is still under development.

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  1. MYST🎮

    When I first read I thought surely not, but its a neat concept. Comes in handy. Thanks

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    General Notice 1947 of 2024.

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    Expression of interest

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    Opening Remarks

    It is said that a significant discovery was made in
    1973. In coastal Asia, an authority from an international
    organization observed an artisanal fisherman-a single
    man out in a canoe, fishing with a hook and line. It was
    recognized that he could make a substantial contribution
    to the world food problem, and since then the artisanal
    fisherman has received more and more attention.
    This conference is held in recognition of the impor-
    tance and needs of artisanal fishermen in the Pacific
    Islands. Past history of the Pacific could be briefly
    summed up as follows: Exploration, Exploitation, Expa-
    triation, Examination and Explanations as to why
    imported fisheries schemes have not worked,
    We do not wish to ignore the progress made by many
    dedicated people working in aquatic resources in the
    Pacific, but my experience in the past 22 years in the
    region is that the schemes which were unsuccessful are
    those you hear the most about. The slow, steady progress
    that has been made by some people is too often over-
    shadowed by the “instant expert” from outside problems
    and too often sails over the horizon, leaving the debris of
    yet another unsuccessful scheme.
    In the area of small-boat development, the Pacific
    Islanders have had more than their share of entrepreneur-
    ial schemes. It seems time to take stock of a rapidly
    changing world now reaching the most remote Pacific
    Islanders to see if there is not “a better way” for the
    small boat fishermen in the Pacific, a way that iseconom-
    ically and culturally compatible with the Pacific Islander’s
    life-style,
    The evolution of small boats in the Pacific has taken a
    curious course. The Pacific Islanders’ basis of existence
    relates directly to their superb skill as boatbuilders, sea-
    men, and navigators. With such a rich heritage of the sea,
    one might expect to see an evolution of present-day small
    boats from the native canoes. But for anumber of reasons
    there has generally been a substitution rather than an
    evolution; the canoe has been abandoned for avariety of
    plank, plywood, fiberglass, and aluminum craft, powered
    by an equal variety of propulsion systems.
    I do not wish to criticize the small boat intioductions
    that have been successful in meeting tile needs of island
    people, but again, it is those schemes which have failed to
    meet the needs of islanders that have prompted us to
    convene this conference.
    We have therefore gathered together an impressive
    group of knowledgeable people to reassess the small-boat
    needs of Pacific Islanders in 1975; we hope to encourage
    frank, objective discussion based on the following
    premises:
    I. There is no one small.boat design that is the
    final answer to the varied needs of Pacific Island
    fishermen.
    2. The operational terms of reference for Pacific
    Island fishermen are changing with such things as
    the increased price of fuel and manufactured items,
    making previously acceptable systems no longer
    tenable.
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    discussing the relative merits of various boat/pro-
    pulsion systems available (or being developed), and
    working toward providing an optimal system for
    any given set of socio-cultural, economic, or opera-
    tional circumstances faced by Pacific Island
    fishermen.
    4. Individuals with various points of view can contrib-
    ute to the best solution or solutions so that some
    degree of consensus can be obtained.
    It is envisaged that this conference will elucidate the
    problems facing the artisanal Pacific Island fishermen

    Small Boat Design

    The Proceedings of the ICLARM Conference on Small Boat

    Design, Noumea, New Caledonia, October 27-28, 1975

    ,-Edited by
    ,Johanna M. Reinhart

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