Manifesto5 min read
Your inbox is everyone else's billboard
We treat the inbox like it belongs to us. It doesn't. Here's how it actually works — and how to get it back.
Read →Notes from the inbox
Email privacy, spam, breaches, and the strange economy that makes your inbox someone else's billboard.
- Explainer4 min read
How email tracking pixels work (and how to kill them)
Every marketing email knows when you opened it, where you were, and what device you used. Here's the 1×1 trick they're using — and how to opt out by default.
Read → - Story6 min read
I gave 10 sites my real email. Here's the first 7 days of spam.
An experiment: a fresh inbox, ten ordinary signups, no other activity. Just to find out what your real email is actually worth on the open market.
Read → - How to4 min read
How to stop newsletter spam in Gmail without unsubscribing
Unsubscribe doesn't work. Here are five techniques that actually do — from the laziest to the most permanent.
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Migrate from SimpleLogin to SecureAlias in 5 minutes
Switching alias providers without losing mail. The exact steps, in order, with the gotchas called out.
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How to check if your email is in a data breach (and what to actually do)
Checking is free and takes 30 seconds. The follow-up is the part nobody talks about. Here's the full playbook.
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