I have come across many weird porn videos, gore etc. but a few times I have come across something that isn’t that disturbing but uncanny. A random login page on a dark web site, a random comment on some sports blog seemingly written to conceal something. What are the things you have seen?

  • Doug@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    I can actually explain that.

    Gmail will ignore periods and things after a plus sign.

    So if we assume my name in so if you have Man.And.Wife@gmail it’s the same as ManAndWife@gmail as well as M.a.n.A.n.d.W.i.f.e@gmail or anything in between.

    You could also use ManAndWife+roebuck@gmail if you wanted to filter out the emails you get from a defunct retailer.

    It’s all very useful for categorizing emails and tracking down who is selling your email address to spam lists