Aliases exit strategy
Privacy Guides Community [Unofficial]
May 6, 2026
Can you have an exit strategy for aliases?
By aliases I mean:
Proton Pass / addy.io / duckduckgo email aliases / etc. (click for more details)
My grievances with Proton
> Beyond the complaint about lack of goodwill (free service) from Proton, OP exposes larger concerns.
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> * What if Proton went out of business?
> * What if the (alias) domains land on the “blocked” list so many companies no longer accept them?
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> Changing your primary email is bad enough: changing thousands of aliases adds an additional manual step to that process (1. finding the correct alias for the account 2. generating a new alias to replace it).
Using your own domain is not a real solution because:
My grievances with Proton
> I am using my own domain, but OP correctly points out that you lose anonymity/privacy since all your email aliases can be tied to you in aggregate. Even if I used 10 domains it would still break anonymity.
My grievances with Proton
> I’d love to see a discussion about ways around the problem that maintain privacy and durable access independent of the control of others.
So, does anyone have a solution for this?
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