registration required?
by John at 4/06/2004 10:29:00 AM
Many online news sites require registration, and my recent experience is that the registration requirements are getting more intrusive than just username and email address (phone number? annual home income?). I appreciate that companies would like information about their customers for marketing purposes, but I would also like a little privacy.
Now to the point. I got this off a discussion thread over at Atrios' site:
Username mailinator and password mailinator work on just about everything. Sometimes a site asks for an email address whenever you login - then use mailinator@mailinator.com.
If the mailinator combo doesn't work then set it up. Use an email address at mailinator.com then surf to www.mailinator.com to pick up the registration details.
I tried it on a few sites and it worked. My guess is this won't last too long as these kind of accounts get deleted from user databases, so enjoy it while you can.
Now to the point. I got this off a discussion thread over at Atrios' site:
Username mailinator and password mailinator work on just about everything. Sometimes a site asks for an email address whenever you login - then use mailinator@mailinator.com.
If the mailinator combo doesn't work then set it up. Use an email address at mailinator.com then surf to www.mailinator.com to pick up the registration details.
I tried it on a few sites and it worked. My guess is this won't last too long as these kind of accounts get deleted from user databases, so enjoy it while you can.
