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SimpleLogin
Company blog · simplelogin.io/blog · on HN as nguyenkimssecurityprogramming
SimpleLogin is the company blog at simplelogin.io, writing about security and programming. Since 2019, 54 different Hacker News readers have linked it 71 times, most often “SimpleLogin – an open-source email forwarding service”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2024-11-19, and you can follow it by feed.
Rarely recommended · 1 of 40 sampled comments recommend it?
Why HN links it
HN readers mostly name SimpleLogin as an email alias service in discussions of privacy and spam. Its blog is linked for posts on Facebook SDK tracking, email aliases, the Proton acquisition and leaving AWS.
- Recommended for · 1 comments
- One commenter says the 'we left AWS' version on the blog is more complete and has more technical details on the decision.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 40 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
With email aliases , you can be anonymous online and protect your inbox against spams and phishing.
Most-linked posts?
- SimpleLogin – an open-source email forwarding service30 people · 30 mentions · first linked 2020-01-20
- Show HN: I made a tool to protect your email inbox12 people · 15 mentions · first linked 2019-08-16
- SimpleLogin Joins the Proton Family4 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2022-04-08
- We should have an email for each website3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-01-02
- AWS is not the safest choice3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-02-18
- PGP2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-03-26
- You shouldn't create your own authentication system2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-11-23
- If you care about user privacy, don’t use Facebook JavaScript SDK2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-11-25
What Hacker News says?
https://simplelogin.io/
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on “Two billion email addresses were exposed”Submitted If you care about user privacy, don’t use Facebook JavaScript SDK as a story · 240 points
HN discussionIt seems that Facebook JS SDK also sends user behavior back to Facebook even when user doesn't click on the "Sign in with Facebook" button: https://simplelogin.io/blog/do-not-use-facebook-sdk/ On the Web, it's recommended to use a generic OAuth library instead of integrating Facebook JS SDK. On mobile, this is almost impossible though as Facebook doesn't implement the OAuth PKCE flow.
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on “Zoom’s Use of Facebook’s SDK in iOS Client”Submitted We should have an email for each website as a story · 15 points
HN discussionThere is SimpleLogin[0] and Mozilla Private Relay[1] as more generic options. I've never tried them as I struggle to figure out how trustworthy they are. At the end of the day, emails are essentially proxied by these products. [0] https://simplelogin.io [1] https://relay.firefox.com/
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on “An Ode to Apple’s Hide My Email”Submitted SimpleLogin – an open-source email forwarding service as a story · 14 points
HN discussionAdding another comparable offering is https://simplelogin.io and you can set a PGP key for forwarded emails.
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on “Check If Email Exists”Submitted AWS is not the safest choice as a story · 13 points
HN discussionhttps://simplelogin.io and https://anonnaddy.com Do exactly that, both open source and self host able, and support replying from the alias(paid) SL has been acquired by Proton, and is now included in Proton Unlimited for free.
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on “The coming tsunami of fakery”Submitted Email alias, (better) alternative to temporary email as a story · 12 points
HN discussionI created a similar service called SimpleLogin. [1] and hope to have a similar success some day! Using email aliases is an efficient way to protect our privacy and hopefully the concept becomes more mainstream in the future. I'd suggest removing the "disposable" mention as otherwise email aliases would be put in the same category as temporary email services, which increases the risk of having your domain blocked. [1…
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on “Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue”Submitted Spamgourmet an Inspiration as a story · 11 points
HN discussionEmail alias services can make this process a little easier, though certainly not painless, by letting you create reverse sending email addresses [1]. 1: https://simplelogin.io/docs/getting-started/reverse-alias/
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on “Tell HN: After 10 years of experiments, custom username emails receive no spam”Submitted Show HN: SimpleLogin – protect online privacy using email alias as a story · 9 points
HN discussionThere's a few alternatives to this: https://www.spreadprivacy.com/introducing-email-protection-b... (beta only) https://simplelogin.io/ https://anonaddy.com/ I know there are plenty of others, but I use all the above and found them reliable and intuitive.
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on “Masked email from Fastmail and 1Password”Submitted Show HN: I made a tool to protect your email inbox as a story · 7 points
HN discussionUsing an email alias could be also a solution to protect your email as it a)allows you to use a different email address for each website [1]. b)you can choose whatever email provider you want (Protonmail, Tutanota, Fastmail, etc). [1] https://simplelogin.io/blog/an-email-for-each-website/
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on “Cutting Google out of your life (2019)”Submitted Why email plus (+) trick isn't good for privacy (or why email alias is better) as a story · 6 points
HN discussionThere is https://simplelogin.io and https://anonnaddy.com Which support custom domain and more features, and not locked to a specific browser. Both open source and self-hostable, SL is by Proton(Mail).
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on “DuckDuckGo email protection beta now open”Submitted Free tool to hide my email address as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSimpleLogin was recently acquired by Proton [1]. I'm hoping nothing changes, but you never know. [1] https://simplelogin.io/blog/simplelogin-join-proton/
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on “DuckDuckGo email protection beta now open”Submitted PGP as a story · 5 points
HN discussionThere is also SimpleLogin. https://simplelogin.io/ https://github.com/simple-login/app AA and SL do look like the two more solid options compared to anything else I've seen so far.
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on “DuckDuckGo email protection beta now open”Submitted You shouldn't create your own authentication system as a story · 5 points
HN discussionIf you are interested in the "unlimited unique private email addresses" functionality, also take a look at these other services: https://33mail.com/ https://anonaddy.com/ https://burnermail.io/ https://relay.firefox.com/ https://simplelogin.io/ These all support custom domains, except for Firefox Relay, which only supports a custom subdomain.
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on “DuckDuckGo email protection beta now open”Submitted SimpleLogin, an Email Forwarding Service as a story · 4 points
HN discussionIs this something similar to https://simplelogin.io/ ? If it is, simplelogin is a self-hostable solution. If you're really worried about privacy, this would cut out the possibility that Mozilla might be reading your messages.
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on “Firefox Relay”Submitted SimpleLogin – Unlimited single use email addresses to fight spam as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI thought support for replies was available for a long time. Happy SimpleLogin [1] customer here, which has a pricing similar to that of AnonAddy's highest tier. [1] https://simplelogin.io
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on “Firefox Relay”Submitted SimpleLogin Joins the Proton Family as a story · 3 points
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