I 1000% agree. Ideally, my default would be to share a link from a password protected note from Notesnook. However, Notesnook’s share links never change. Meaning that if a link for a note expires, and you share that note via link again, the URL will be identical to the previous one. I reported this issue on PG 2 years ago. Notesnook’s developer @thecodrr said they plan to address it, but they haven’t done anything about it yet.
I see. Yes, if you are on a free tier, you have to be economical on the number of aliases you use. If @CM2 plans to use the same alias for multiple services because they’re on a free tier, they might consider subscribing to Addy’s lowest paid tier, which is I believe $12/year. It allows 50 unique aliases, and unlimited aliases linked to the same unique subdomain. The latter isn’t best for privacy, but it’s better than using the same alias.
It depends on your situation, I recently wrote to a renowned international medical organization. I needed help with information and asked them to point me in the right direction. I was not writing to them as a patient. In this specific case, I disclosed that I was using a fake name for privacy. I also shared a lot of personal information about myself and my health. Their response was very compassionate, and they understood.
If you’re a patient, then it makes sense to share your name. But if you’re not, you don’t always have to. A hybrid strategy that I have used when emailing doctors who will treat me is that I only share my first name.
Suppose my real name is JORDAN GREEN.
I will use the first letter of my name (J) as the prefix to my random alias:
And my display name will be JORDAN G.
The G stands for GREEN, which is my real last name.
However, I have noticed that even though my display name says JORDAN G., the people replying will assume my last name is BEAVER because of my alias.
Even if I sign my emails with my full name JORDAN GREEN, some recipients including companies and medical practitioners incorrectly address me as Jordan Beaver in their emails and invoices. I’ve had to correct them a few times.
Regardless of if you use Addy or ProtonPass or SimpleLogin, you can change your display name, and only include your first name in that display name. You have many options:
JORDAN
JORDAN G.
J. G.