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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i guess corpos gonna corpo folks... even the "good" ones

i did not realize you needed anything to create rando emails. i know google started that shit 5 years ago tho

[–] tekato@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't think you are required to provide a secondary email, but you get less features without it.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i see... that is a dark pattern in of itself, why does proton need this info and why are they willing to incentiveze users sharing it.

[–] compostgoblin@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How is offering users the option to set a backup/recovery email a dark pattern?