AffiliateAnthony I was disappointed that I had allowed my email to be leaked.
Don't be too harsh on yourself, it's still necessary for almost everyone to give away email addresses for online account creation (such as on this very forum).
I use aliases for this. You can do this easily on Tuta (where I am) or Proton Mail. Free alternatives are simplelogin (now owned by Proton) and Addy.
I'm going the extreme route and create a new alias email address for each account. It's just a one time effort and has two advantages:
- Once I cancel the account, I don't have to trust them to follow GDPR guidelines, but simply delete the alias and be good.
- When I receive spam anywhere, I know right away who either leaked or sold my data and can then decide how to proceed (replace alias or close that account).
AffiliateAnthony I noticed the files are in PDFs, this is perfect as I drive for a living and can listen to them as I drive.
Make sure to cut the top and button of PDFs out because any TTS engine would read you the header and footer (like chapter name or page number) all the time.
You can also listen to good podcasts and YouTube channels like The Hated One, Naomi Brockwell or Closed Network Privacy Podcast.