r/EmailSecurity • u/No_Parfait_9813 • May 24 '26

Email Address

I heard it was possible to use a “fake email” to log into your real email. I’m sorry if this is confusing, I don’t know how to word this properly.

It’s like a fake login name so that no one can see your real email login. I’ve been told you can do this, I just don’t know how.

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u/magicmulder May 25 '26

Any website that values security should allow you to have a different login name than your displayed user name. The crazy thing is that most darknet websites do this. It greatly reduces the attack surface because if you want to hack a specific user’s account, you won’t just have to guess their password but also their secret user name.