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Guide Create aliases to protect your email account, from being hacked. Only for Outlook

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TSxxboxx
post Jan 17 2025, 09:40 PM, updated 3w ago

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Alright guys, I don't know if you know already know or not. Microsoft Outlook allows you to create alias email address and set it so that only the email alias can be used to login into the account.

As with most people that have their email for years or decades, my email address have been leaked too many times and probably traded for less than a tenth of a cent in dark web. Email account now is more important than ever due to online digitalization of our lives. Losing access or some bad actors gaining access to your email account can even causes all your money to be stolen.

Outlook can show you the login activity of your account and honestly it is depressing to see so many login attempts by some bots as the picture below.

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I got more than 10 login attempts everyday! btw Google is a pecker for not showing login attempts logs.
As you can see the last unsuccessful attempt is on the 30th Dec and there's no more unsuccessful attempt after that. That is when I created the alias. So here I make a guide on how to do it.


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Login into outlook.com. Once you in the email, as image above shown, first go to top corner and click "My Microsoft account"


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Then click on "Your info" on the left side and then click "Edit account info"


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After the page load it will show your current primary email, click on "Add email"


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Put some creative name for your alias if this is the email you'll use for login and not for corresponding with others, then hit the "Add alias" button. Creative name will help to avoid being guessed by bots.


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Once created, it will now show 2 email addresses. Click on "Make primary" to make it as your main account. Your account's primary alias is displayed on your Microsoft devices (such as a Windows PC, Xbox, or Windows Phone)
Right now both email can be use as ID to login into the account. Need to follow below steps to disable login with old email.
And don't be a smartass and choose the "Remove" on old email address, doing so will delete all the email you receive from old email address.


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Still at the same page, click on "Change sign-in preferences"


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Untick on the old email address and click "Save"
And that's it! Your old email cannot be used to login to the account, it still can receive and send email as before but you need to use the new email as ID to login.

By doing these, hacker or bot can't even try to hack your account as they doesn't know your login email. You can also create additional aliases for sort of burner account, useful when some service need an email to signup or register but you don't want it to start spamming you with useless email or worse sell your email address info to telemarketers, scammers or dark web.
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post Jan 17 2025, 09:49 PM

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Nice guide
nate_nightroad
post Jan 17 2025, 09:54 PM

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Err icloud hide my email, sama?
TSxxboxx
post Jan 17 2025, 10:10 PM

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QUOTE(nate_nightroad @ Jan 17 2025, 09:54 PM)
Err icloud hide my email, sama?
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I didn't use icloud so don't know how it is compared to this method.
nate_nightroad
post Jan 18 2025, 10:25 AM

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QUOTE(xxboxx @ Jan 17 2025, 10:10 PM)
I didn't use icloud so don't know how it is compared to this method.
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100% like this minus the hassle
TubeNRibbon
post Jan 18 2025, 10:48 AM

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Please turn on passwordless and using Authenticator app to sign-in. Safer or else you will see a list of peoples trying to access your account.
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post Jan 18 2025, 07:44 PM

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QUOTE(nate_nightroad @ Jan 18 2025, 10:25 AM)
100% like this minus the hassle
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Need to have Apple device to use icloud?

QUOTE(TubeNRibbon @ Jan 18 2025, 10:48 AM)
Please turn on passwordless and using Authenticator app to sign-in. Safer or else you will see a list of peoples trying to access your account.
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Using passwordless, when someone else trying to login, the authenticator app will give notification asking whether to allow the login?

Using this Outlook alias, nobody will be able to try access the account since no one know the ID.
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post Jan 18 2025, 09:44 PM

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Used this method one or two years ago, initially still ok, but later on will kena bruteforce method again.
But then I changed to another alias after that.
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post Jan 19 2025, 01:11 AM

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QUOTE(xxboxx @ Jan 18 2025, 07:44 PM)
Need to have Apple device to use icloud?
Using passwordless, when someone else trying to login, the authenticator app will give notification asking whether to allow the login?

Using this Outlook alias, nobody will be able to try access the account since no one know the ID.
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Yes and icloud+ subscription. Get the rm3.9 per month
TubeNRibbon
post Jan 19 2025, 04:10 PM

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QUOTE(xxboxx @ Jan 18 2025, 07:44 PM)
Need to have Apple device to use icloud?
Using passwordless, when someone else trying to login, the authenticator app will give notification asking whether to allow the login?

Using this Outlook alias, nobody will be able to try access the account since no one know the ID.
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Have you tried powerless and authenticator app? Better try instead of creating another alias email.
TSxxboxx
post Jan 24 2025, 12:37 AM

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QUOTE(alexander3133 @ Jan 18 2025, 09:44 PM)
Used this method one or two years ago, initially still ok, but later on will kena bruteforce method again.
But then I changed to another alias after that.
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How hacker/bots able to know your login email if you never use it to register at any site or use it to send email to others?

QUOTE(nate_nightroad @ Jan 19 2025, 01:11 AM)
Yes and icloud+ subscription. Get the rm3.9 per month
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This method is free and anyway, I don't have iphone

QUOTE(TubeNRibbon @ Jan 19 2025, 04:10 PM)
Have you tried powerless and authenticator app? Better try instead of creating another alias email.
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Never tried passwordless by using authenticator app. If hacker/bots constantly tried to login, the app will keep sending notification to approve the login?
What if your phone is missing or broken? How to login in this situation?

Create alias just need to do 1 time, after that nobody will be able to know the email since I create a long and gibberish ID
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post Jan 31 2025, 05:27 PM

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This is a good move security wise. Other options for creating aliases include simplelogin.io if you use gmail.

But please take note that the alias will only work on emails.

If you share files using onedrive or use single sign on, your sign in email will be used instead of your alias.

 

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