I have actually done that. People keep using my gmail address as a dump account. I have reset all kinds of passwords. I don't feel the least bit guilty about it either, folks who try to hijack email accounts are even lower than the spammers they are trying to avoid.nitrogen wrote:TIP: Fake email addresses arent as good of an idea as you think.
Imagine this scenerio:
You construct a fake email address: "dontcare@dontknow.org"
You sign up for a web forum with that email address.
Someone actually owns dontknow.org, its a friend of mine. He can set up an email account, get your password reset, and get the new password sent to him! He gets tons of these daily.
If you're going to use fake email addresses for what ever reason, use @example.com.
That specific address was set up by the "internet dieties" for that specific purpose. That way you won't be sending possibly secret information to someone you don't know.
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