Why I Love Using Addy.io
Every website wants your actual email address. Some use it responsibly. Others treat it like an all-you-can-spam buffet.
Enter Addy.io
This alias forwarding service lets you create unlimited unique email aliases that forward messages to your real inbox(s). Instead of handing out your actual email address, you generate a different alias for every website, newsletter, or online account. If one of those aliases starts receiving spam—or worse, ends up in a data breach—you can simply disable or delete it. Your real address stays hidden the entire time.
The biggest benefit is privacy. Companies can't easily connect your accounts together when each one uses a different email alias. It also makes it much easier to identify who shared or leaked your address.
Organization is another underrated feature. Since every alias is unique, you immediately know where an email came from. If an online store suddenly starts sending daily marketing emails you never signed up for, you'll know exactly which alias they're using.
Security gets a boost too. While email aliases aren't a replacement for strong passwords or two-factor authentication, they do reduce your exposure by keeping your primary email address out of countless databases across the internet.
For anyone who values privacy, wants less spam, or simply likes keeping things organized, Addy.io is one of those tools that's easy to recommend. Once you start using email aliases, it's surprisingly difficult to go back to giving out your real address everywhere.
Your inbox—and your future self—will probably thank you.