So, in the past I used a catch-all address and I would never give out the same email address twice. For example, on this list I am [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. At present, nobody supports catch-all addresses, so instead I create infinite aliases. I have around 600-700 alias email addresses, and an app on my phone that lets me trivially create new ones on the spot. Just punch in "lopser" and hit the Create button. 30 seconds later, done.
The most commonly compromised addresses are those I use in mailing lists. In the past, I used to be lopsa, lopsa2, lopsa3, lopsa4, and now lopser. So that's about once per year, maybe every other year. There have been a few surprises over the years - I started receiving junk sent to the address I used at box.com. I tried contacting them to notify them they had a breach and their backend databases were being leaked, but I didn't get very far, because they actually had so many other people contacting them for the same reason, that they wrote a FAQ to tell us all to shove off. I just received an email from Home Depot stating that they apologize, a leak has occurred, and my email address was compromised. This is *much* much more graceful than Box or Citizens Bank. While my reaction was to immediately cease using Box and Citizens and perpetually smear them at every opportunity, my reaction to Home Depot is sympathetic.
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