Startup with no website
Security and privacy
disposable email
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
12 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 23 critical, out of 55 comments about the project. Thread score -0.16.
Idea: 10 for, 15 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clever, simple workaround for verification emails
From 3 comments
Good luck for your startup with no website. It's very simple and clever. I started my startup with a website to do a disposable emails service: mailcare.io It's also available in…
eXorus84 on HNWhat's awesome here, is that he/she's created a solution to a problem that almost everyone has. It might need a little work, as shown by other comments. but the core idea is a…
megaman8 on HNWow. This is a sneaky idea. I love it.
ReedJessen on HN
Objections
Fails on sites requiring session authentication
From 1 comment
Thanks for seeing the value, after releasing this I got to know some services require session authentication, so without your password (or cookies) the bot cannot verify. I think…
eralpb on HN
Security risk of an account clicking links; possible account takeover
From 2 comments
This is delightfully crazy. Give some random guys with no website your registration record somewhere, allow them to verify your registration as theirs, and then impersonate you,…
nine_k on HNSeems like the perfect one to get one's account stolen
aboutruby on HN
Gmail terms of service may be violated
From 2 comments
Interesting, I've a few questions as food for thought. - Is it allowed under GMail's TOS? - Have you considered the security implications of having what is presumably a server…
ReadyPlayerNone on HNit is a geek idea! i like it. you still get a website? ``` I will provide a website to see the inbox of your alias. (maybe for services who send your pw in the email, but then…
timmit on HN
Calling it a startup is misleading with no business model
From 3 comments
Why do you call this a "startup"? It's a nice hack for sure but I'm not sure if it's has a prospect of being a business.
alpb on HNIf you are not making money off of it, why would you call it a startup. It really is a project of yours. Thank you for making this though.
desireco42 on HNGood thought. At the same time, it's a feature; not a startup. Sorry.
mandeepj on HN
Plus-address rejection by services makes aliases less useful
From 2 comments
guerillaclick+eralp@gmail.com guerillaclick+sdfaskdma@gmail.com guerillaclick+111@gmail.com Unfortunately, more and more services are rejecting + e-mail addresses. Either…
reaperducer on HNA lot of services don't allow +uniqueSection in email addresses anymore; just bear in mind..
aogl on HN
Requests
Chrome extension to auto-fill plus-address aliases
From 1 comment
Request for feature: Chrome extension: a shortcut fills in guerillaclick+<random_hash>@gmail.com
anant90 on HN
Open source the link-clicking program
From 2 comments
When Google inevitably shuts this down can you opensource the link clicking program?
dimensi0nal on HNI will open source whenever I have time, I just did it last night and decided to share.
eralpb on HN
Questions
Does it break Gmail's terms?
From 2 comments
Interesting, I've a few questions as food for thought. - Is it allowed under GMail's TOS? - Have you considered the security implications of having what is presumably a server…
ReadyPlayerNone on HNit is a geek idea! i like it. you still get a website? ``` I will provide a website to see the inbox of your alias. (maybe for services who send your pw in the email, but then…
timmit on HN
Could phone number verification be handled similarly?
From 1 comment
Can something similar be done with phone number verification ?
iazid on HN
How well does it scale given Gmail sending limits?
From 2 comments
How well will this scale? I know GSuite Gmail accounts are limited to 3600 emails per hour, among other limits.
rkagerer on HNwhat about the gmail receive limit? its 60 emails per minute or about 80k per day if you hit 1 minute over 60 you get blocked 24h
tnr23 on HN
Alternatives named
Mailinator
From 2 comments
You can use Mailinator to do this already, you can see all of their inboxes on their website and you can use all of their domains to bypass domain restrictions. For example I…
swongel on HNDoesn't mailinator (mailinator.com) already do this ?
rajeshmr on HN
GuerrillaMail
From 1 comment
Did you get the idea from GuerrillaMail? https://www.guerrillamail.com/
siruncledrew on HN
10minutemail
From 1 comment
there are alternatives like http://10minutemail.com
hernantz on HN
mailsac
From 1 comment
I typically use a rando address @mailsac.com but then I have to take the 3 steps to visit, enable links, click links. With this tool, I'm saved those 3 steps. Keep in mind, this…
cypherg on HN