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[–] Swarfega@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This works but has a number of downsides.

Eg hackers just have to remove the +portion to have your email address. You also can't send emails out via any of those addresses.

https://simplelogin.io/blog/email-alias-vs-plus-sign/