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July 25, 2013 05:28 am GMT
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MaskMe Lets You Use The Internet Without Putting Your Personal Data at Risk
Our lives are increasingly online, which means a lot of our personal data is at risk
Abine, an online privacy company, found that the three things users wanted most protection for were emails, phone numbers and credit card numbers. While there are multiple ways that do it separately, Abine attempted to put it all together and came out with MaskMe.
See also: Is It the Dawn of the Encryption App?
MaskMe is a browser extension available on Chrome and Firefox that provides 'disposable' email addresses, phone numbers, and even credit card numbers. So you can sign up for something with your masked email address and then if it gets too annoying 'throw' the address away. MaskMe describes the feature as 'an unsubscribe button that always works.'
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