Switch to Protonmail Reason #16: Make it harder to join your shopping and financial accounts by email address
The same email address is a convenient key for matching records across businesses and data brokers.
Why this matters
The same email address is a convenient key for matching records across businesses and data brokers. Privacy is easier to defend before this information is collected than after it has spread.
The protection
Distinct aliases reduce that particular linkage between unrelated accounts.
Take action
Use separate aliases for retailers and financial services. Names, payment details, and other identifiers can still connect records. Email protection depends on the route and settings. Ordinary mail involving outside providers is not automatically end-to-end encrypted, and email metadata is not universally hidden.
Sources
- Categories: Proton Mail
- Tags: #Digital Self-Defense, #Data Brokers, #Proton Mail, #Email Privacy