Introducing MaskMe: why ever give away your real personal info online?

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http://www.abine.com/blog/2013/introducing-maskme-why-ever-give-away-your-real-personal-info-online/

Until now, you haven’t had much of a choice in whether you give out your real personal info online. Whether you’re shopping, signing up for accounts, entering contests, or whatever you do on the web, it seems like every company demands your contact info just to use their services.

And when you hand over your info, suddenly you’re exposed to all kinds of risks, like spam, data breaches, or profiling. Every day, there’s another story about how companies are losing, abusing, or misusing your data.

Companies want desperately to know the real you because it benefits them, but why would you want to show yourself? There’s no benefit to you, the user, to giving out your real info online.

Well, now you don’t have to. MaskMe lets you easily create aliases—or Masks—of the personal info that matters most: your credit card, email address, and phone number. They forward to your real contact info, so you’ll still get all your messages, but you can block them later. Use them just like you normally do when shopping or filling out forms, but companies never get your real info.