Company:Guerrilla Mail
Guerrilla Mail is a free disposable email address service launched in 2006. Visitors are automatically assigned a random email address upon visiting the site.
Features
Guerrilla Mail randomly generates disposable email addresses.[1] Disposable email addresses may be used as a means of spam prevention.[2] They may also be used if the user does not wish to give a real email, for example if they fear a data breach. Emails sent to addresses are kept for one hour before deletion. The site offers some choice of email domain names.[2][3]
History
Guerrilla Mail was founded in 2006, in Chicago .[4]
Privacy-centered services saw an up-tick in public interest after the global surveillance disclosures beginning in 2013, especially concerning attention brought to materials leaked by Edward Snowden. According to The Mercury News in 2014, "[Guerrilla Mail] has done nearly half of its business in the past year".[4]
In December 2013, a Harvard College sophomore and Quincy House resident Eldo Kim used Guerrilla Mail to send a bomb threat to offices associated with Harvard, including the Harvard University Police Department and The Harvard Crimson, in order to delay a final exam.[5][6][7] It was alleged in an affidavit that the student accessed Guerrilla Mail through Tor, a fact that might've been given away in the IP address present in the email header.[8][9]
In June 2017, it was revealed through court documents that the FBI used a social engineering technique known as phishing to target a Guerrilla Mail user. The case was unique, as it was the "first public example of the feds using a controversial update to a law allowing searches on users of anonymizing tools like Tor".[10][11]
As of November 4, 2020, Guerrilla Mail stated on Twitter that their site had been taken down by their hosting provider, OVHCloud, due to a law enforcement request which OVHCloud refused to provide details about.[12] The site has since been reinstated.
References
- ↑ Greenberg, Andy (June 17, 2014). "How to Anonymize Everything You Do Online". Wired (Condé Nast). https://www.wired.com/2014/06/be-anonymous-online/. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "How to Avoid Spam—Using Disposable Contact Information" (in en-us). Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. https://www.wired.com/story/avoid-spam-disposable-email-burner-phone-number/. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
- ↑ "Get a Free One-Hour Email Address with Guerrilla Mail" (in en-us). 22 October 2011. https://lifehacker.com/get-a-free-one-hour-email-address-with-guerrilla-mail-5852413.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Somerville, Heather (2014-09-27). "Tech responds to growing calls for Internet anonymity". The Mercury News (Digital First Media). https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/09/27/tech-responds-to-growing-calls-for-internet-anonymity/.
- ↑ "Harvard student Eldo Kim charged in final-exam bomb hoax". CNN. 18 December 2013. https://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/17/justice/massachusetts-harvard-hoax/.
- ↑ Fandos, Nicholas P. (December 17, 2013). "Harvard Sophomore Charged in Bomb Threat". The Harvard Crimson. http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/12/17/student-charged-bomb-threat/.
- ↑ "Harvard student made bomb threats to get out of exam, cops say" (in en-US). 17 December 2013. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harvard-student-made-bomb-threats-to-get-out-of-exam-cops-say/.
- ↑ "Eldo Kim Charged in Bomb Threat Case, Unlikely To Get Jail Time | News | The Harvard Crimson". https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/10/11/eldo-kim-charged-diversion/.
- ↑ Brandom, Russell (2013-12-18). "FBI agents tracked Harvard bomb threats despite Tor" (in en). https://www.theverge.com/2013/12/18/5224130/fbi-agents-tracked-harvard-bomb-threats-across-tor.
- ↑ Fox-Brewster, Thomas (June 13, 2017). "How The FBI Hacked A Dark Web Shopper Plotting A Mail Bomb Hit". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2017/06/13/mail-bomb-buyer-busted-on-dark-web/#2ad561cceead.
- ↑ "In The Matter Of The Search Of: The Use Of A Network Investigative Technique For A Computer Accessing Email Account". https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3863681-Use-of-a-Network-Investigative-Technique-for-a.html#document/p2.
- ↑ @GuerrillaMail (4 November 2020). "It looks like or hosting provider, @OVHcloud, decided to shut down our services. The reason was that they received a law enforcement request (which they didn't forward to us, and refuse to share details about)". https://twitter.com/GuerrillaMail/status/1324190197580328961.
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