The big loss here are gmail accounts tied to old YouTube videos. Curious to see what happens there.
ironhead said 🔗
I used to use the ". hack" & for mad emails back in the day
I wonder if they gon ki1l them too
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nyctoneworleans said 🔗
Same sh1t I was wondering lol
I still use the “.” And other syntax hacks
But don’t quote me boy cuz I ain’t said sh1t
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ironhead said 🔗
Its for duping sh1t like free trials where you gotta signup with an email addy
If you have a gmail address you can add a "." anywhere in the prefix & it will suffice as a new email
If ur addy was 🔗 you register with that
Then 🔗, then again with 🔗
Most recognize it as a different email addy Google however just puts em in the same inbox
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LordRupertEvert said 🔗
I never knew this. What a hack
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Was unsure about this hack but I do remember reading something about this. But yeah, gmail sees it as a single email address (stripped of special characters) instead of unique addresses. Forgot whether they did this to combat malicious use.
The dot ‘hack’ might be better than the plus one, both have their own pro’s and con’s. + is when you put the plus sign after your gmail ID and include any random character(s).
🔗, unclejuju+boxden, unclejuju+b would all go to 🔗. Some sites are smart enough to not accept email accounts with plus signs in them.
And yeah, you can abuse it for free trials or to track what sites send you spam.