Why might you need them? See: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/technology/personaltech/email-address-digital-tracking.html
- MailDrop: https://maildrop.cc/
- Fake My Inbox: https://www.fakemyinbox.com/ --> Now https://www.tempmail.co
- Temp Mail: https://temp-mail.org/en/
- Guerrilla Mail: https://www.guerrillamail.com/
- EmailOnDeck.com: https://www.emailondeck.com/
- Temp Mail: https://tempail.com/en/
- Ten Minute Email: https://10minutemail.com/
- Mailinator: https://mailinator.com/ --> free is [anyname]@mailinator.com which you fetch at https://www.mailinator.com/v4/public/inboxes.jsp -- and that is 100% public.
- TempMailAddress: https://www.tempmailaddress.com/ --> Now using an out of date Let's Encrypt SSL certificate -- expired on Tue, 15 Jul 2025 23:57:38 GMT
If you are using a VPN or thinking about it, I recommend investing 10 minutes in this video to help build a broader context for your decision-making: "Why VPNs are a WASTE of Your Money (usually…)" By Cyberspatial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_b8Z2kAFyY
- ExpressVPN https://www.expressvpn.com/
- CyberGhost https://www.cyberghostvpn.com/
- IPVanish https://www.ipvanish.com/
- Private Internet Access https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/
- PrivateVPN https://privatevpn.com/
- VyprVPN https://www.vyprvpn.com/
Nothing is free - You are likely the product
- ProtonVPN https://protonvpn.com/ --> or direct to https://account.protonvpn.com/signup
- TunnelBear https://www.tunnelbear.com/pricing
- Psiphon is a free and open source anti-censorship VPN https://psiphon.ca/
- nthlink is a free and open source anti-censorship VPN https://www.nthlink.com/
- See: https://github.com/davisonio/awesome-irc
- Run your own private IRC server: https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/irc-server#1-overview and https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/
- IRC CheatSheet: https://www.irchelp.org/ and https://opensource.com/irc-cheat-sheet?
- Tiny miniircd: https://github.com/jrosdahl/miniircd for local-only IRC services.
- Zulip server: https://github.com/zulip/zulip/
- Zulip docs: https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/stable/production/install.html