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Using the Alias Manager
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Using Pocket Geek Privacy Autofill to register
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Generate and save an alias email address and a strong password when you register on a website or app
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Mix your own credentials with generated ones OR use your own (and save them in your Managers)
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Using the Safari Extension to register
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Generate and save an alias email address and a strong password when you register on a website
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Mix your own credentials with generated ones OR use your own (and save them in your Managers)
Tip
What is an alias email address? It is an alternate email address that is designed to protect your personal email address (i.e. shield your real identity). It can be used as a one-time disposable address, as a PO box for a project or to create a buffer between the real you and spammers, hackers, identity thieves, etc. You can create as many of them as you want.
The Alias Manager is accessible from the navbar. It is symbolized by @.
Once you start receiving emails on your alias addresses, you will see the number of emails that were sent to each one (you received 22 emails with the alias you created for Acme in the example above).
To see the details:
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Tap on the alias
A new screen appears and displays the information that relates to the alias and enables you to take several actions.
Let’s say you are in a mall shopping… and really want to buy this new top audio setup. How can you avoid headaches when the seller will ask you for an email address just after you paid? You know the caveat: despite all the seller’s promises, you will probably receive tons of spams because your email address could be shared or sold to other companies…
Unless you open your Pocket Geek Privacy and:
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Tap on the big green
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Enter the store’s (company’s) name
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Tap on “Save”
We’ll automatically generate an alias email address for you and save it in the Alias Manager. Just give this alias email to the seller and keep your primary email address safeguarded. As easy as it sounds!
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A widget able to generate an alias email address on the go is available directly from the spotlight screen. Using the widget is faster than opening the app and generating an alias from the Alias Manager.
You must be logged in to access this feature. Find out more about how it to use it.
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Quick actions are also available directly from the Home screen of your device. It is now possible to add an account in the Password Manager or a piece of data in the Data Manager and to generate an alias email address from there too. The shortcut takes you directly to the appropriate “creation screen” in the app.
To use this shortcut, find the Pocket Geek Privacy icon on your home screen and apply a “long press” to make the drop-down menu with the list of quick actions appear. You must be logged in to access this feature.
Not easy to remember all those unfamiliar email addresses… But don’t worry, to help you whenever you might need a specific one (to log into a website for example, as aliases can also be used as User IDs when you need an alternate email address for a login), we built-in a powerful search engine allowing you to easily find what you need.
The Alias Manager is your window into the making of your inbox: who are the senders, where did they get your address from, who shares (sells?) your information… You will be able to trace spam back to the website where you originally provided the alias email address. As you regularly check your Manager, you will find yourself in control of what is making its way into your inbox. Now you can play the game too!
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Tap on the alias to expand emails received for that address.
By default, you will receive all the emails sent to your alias address. You can choose who can send you emails by tapping on the status of the emails sent to that alias (block all senders/allow all senders).
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To block (or allow) only specific senders:
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Tap on the toggle at the top of the list of senders to decide whether you want block (gray) or allow (green) emails from unknown future senders that might send emails to your alias.
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Tap on the toggle next to each sender (to gray) to block emails from that sender. Tap on it again (back to green) to start allowing emails again.
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Tip
Emails sent to your alias email addresses are forwarded to your personal email address unless you decide to stop receiving them. Once an alias is deactivated, emails sent to this alias are ignored and no longer forwarded to your inbox.
Once you identified that one of your aliases is obsolete for the use you created it for (gathering travel info for a trip you already took for example), archive the alias and none of the vendors you contacted before will be able to keep on bothering you for services you didn’t ask for. Also, if one of your aliases has been compromised by a website or if you notice that it brings you more spam than joy … just archive it:
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Tap on the alias
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Tap on the “Archive” button
alternatively:
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Apply a long press on the alias (the icon changes into a check)
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Tap on the
icon (top right of the screen)
or:
To see the archived alias, go back to the list of aliases and scroll to get to the very bottom of it. You will see a sub-section called “Archived Aliases”. You can then unarchive the alias and bring it back to the original list (which will allow you to allow senders back in if you want to) by tapping on the alias and tapping on the “unarchive” button, by selecting the alias with a long press and tapping on the unarchive icon or by swiping the alias to the right.
Emails sent to your alias email addresses are forwarded to your personal inbox. When you archive an alias, emails sent to this alias are ignored and no longer forwarded to you.
Deleting an alias email address altogether is a dangerous endeavour since aliases are sometimes used as User IDs (which is a great practice to protect your accounts and your inbox, but it also means that, without these aliases, any communication relative to these accounts can't reach you). Let’s say a service you subscribed to wanted to let you know about a security breach, then they would not be able to contact you by email (even though they may think that they did because the email will not bounce back to them).
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This is why we decided to retire the “Delete” option in the Alias Manager. The “Archive” feature answers the same need but with an easy recovery option. Because of this new security measure, you will see in the “Archive folder” all the aliases that you may have "deleted" while using previous versions of the product. They are still deactivated (all the senders are blocked) but it is now possible to restore the original means of communication with the service provider if needed.
Available on all compatible apps and mobile browsers
You can use Pocket Geek Privacy Autofill to fill registration forms. You can then take advantage of the built-in password and alias email generators or use credentials of your choosing. In any case, when you use the Pocket Geek Privacy Autofill to register, your login credentials are automatically saved (and your password encrypted!) in your Managers.
Tip
In order to use this feature on your Apple device and therefore to benefit fully from your Pocket Geek Privacy, you need to activate it in the Settings. Without this, you’ll miss out on an easy and efficient way to create safe and private credentials and store them at the same time!
Generate and save an alias email address and a strong password when you register on a website or app
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Tap on “Passwords” in the keyboard bar (top of the keyboard)
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If you also have Keychain activated, select Pocket Geek Privacy when prompted
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Pocket Geek Privacy opens up → Select "Register" to create a new account in your Password Manager
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Generate an alias email address:
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Tap in the User ID input field
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Tap on the
icon (on the right of the field)
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Generate or customize a strong password:
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Tap in the Password input field
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Tap on the
icon (on the right of the field) to generate a password or on the 
icon to customize one
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Tap “SAVE”
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Due to limitations from iOS, your password cannot be autofilled: you need to copy it to the clipboard
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Once returned to your original form, paste your new password in the appropriate field (your User ID will already be filled)
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Tap on “Passwords” in the keyboard bar (top of the keyboard)
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If you also have Keychain activated, select Pocket Geek Privacy when prompted
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Pocket Geek Privacy opens up → Select "Register" to create a new account in your Password Manager
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Fill the account creation form:
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Enter your own email address and generate or customize your password OR
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Generate a new alias email and enter your own password OR
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Enter your own email address and password
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Tap “SAVE”
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Due to limitations from iOS, your password cannot be autofilled: you need to copy it to the clipboard
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Once returned to your original form, paste your new password in the appropriate field (your User ID will already be filled)
Available only on Safari (websites)
You can use the Safari Extension to fill registration forms. You can then take advantage of the built-in password and alias email generators or use credentials of your choosing. In any case, when you use the Safari Extension to register, your login credentials are automatically saved (and your password encrypted!) in your Managers.
Tip
In order to use this feature on your Apple device and therefore to benefit fully from your Pocket Geek Privacy, you need to activate it in the Settings. Without this, you’ll miss out on an easy and efficient way to create safe and private credentials and store them at the same time!
To use the Safari Extension, before you tap in any field, tap on the Share button and find the Safari Extension icon (Pocket Geek Privacy logo). The Password Manager opens up. Tap on the orange to add an account.
In the creation page, you can generate an alias email address and a password or enter credentials of your choosing, and save them. The Password Manager then goes away, returning you to the website’s original form, already filled with the credentials you just created.
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Tap on the Share button and find the Safari Extension icon (Pocket Geek Privacy logo).
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The Password Manager opens up → tap on the orange
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Generate an alias email address:
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Tap in the User ID input field
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Tap on the
icon (on the right of the field)
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Generate or customize a strong password:
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Tap in the Password input field
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Tap on the
icon (on the right of the field) to generate a password or on the icon to customize one -
Choose the sequence of characters that meets the requirements (length, symbols, uppercase letters, etc.)
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Tap “SAVE AND FILL” to return to the original form, already filled with your new credentials
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Tap on the “Share” icon (before you tap in any field on the form)
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Find and tap on the Pocket Geek Privacy logo
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The Password Manager opens up → tap on the orange
to create a new account -
Fill the account creation form:
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Enter your own email address and generate or customize your password OR
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Generate a new alias email and enter your own password OR
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Enter your own email address and password
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Tap “SAVE AND FILL” to return to the original form, already filled with your new credentials