And what happens when FireFox decides to drop this option 1-2 years into the future? I reckon they'll give time to change the email address on all the pages one used it for, but still...
nvm, it's in the FAQ:
"What happens if Mozilla shuts down the Firefox Relay service?
We will give you advance notice that you need to change the email address of any accounts that are using Relay aliases."
Note that one cannot reply using this service (yet). So the whole anonymity is gone as soon as one wants to contact some service without disclosing the real address (?)
While you're here, can you test the relay dashboard (where you can create aliases) on Firefox for Android 84.1.4 ? The scroll is incredibly sluggish, I don't know what scroll effect you added but please have a look. It's a bit unfortunate for a Mozilla service ^^ I can provide you a screen capture if needed.
> And what happens when FireFox decides to drop this option 1-2 years into the future?
The same thing if any other company did it. That said, I do hope they'll offer an option to pay for more email relays which could also ensure its viability. Having 5 relays for free is nice, but I'd personally use a unique address per service.
I'm probably going to use it for "throw-away" email. As in, I just need to receive a link right now so the service think they have my real address, after that the alias might as well be trashed.
The only thing I'm worried is that this domain will soon be blacklisted by services (especially those I don't want to give my email address to).
For that use case you can just use a temporary email provider like temp-mail.org which are harder to blacklist since they have a lot of random domains.
Firefox Relay seems easier to use, thanks to the one-click generated emails by the browser extension and the fact that the emails arrive in your actual inbox. But I agree that the domain is going to land on all the blacklists -- I hope they implement alternative domains for this reason.
Same. I have been using Tresorit Send [1] and Visée's (developer of ffsend CLI tool) Firefox Send instance [2] in the meantime. Visée is also looking for donations [3] to support hosting of that instance.
Founder of Owl Mail [https://owlmail.io] here. It's easy for me to promise Owl Mail will not shut down without significant advanced notice (hopefully that never happens, but if it does I will provide a clear transition plan for all users).
As a token of confidence, I've moved all ~150 of my online accounts (including all banking, financial, and healthcare accounts) to Owl Mail – it needs to exist for my life to operate smoothly.
1. Yes, only @owlmail.io domains for now. But, Owl Mail will allow for custom domains soon.
2. An upcoming feature will enable the creation of sender 'allow' and 'deny' lists for each Owl Mail address (With default sender 'allow' lists for top sites). Currently I track my account credentials in a password manager. A browser extension is also on Owl Mail's roadmap.
nvm, it's in the FAQ:
"What happens if Mozilla shuts down the Firefox Relay service?
We will give you advance notice that you need to change the email address of any accounts that are using Relay aliases."
Note that one cannot reply using this service (yet). So the whole anonymity is gone as soon as one wants to contact some service without disclosing the real address (?)