How To Exchange Email Addresses in a Public Chat
How to exchange email addresses in a public chat:
- Make a throwaway email at, say, temp-mail.org (doesn't require registration)
- Share that address with the other person
- Exchange your PGP public keys (for verification against other malicious users)
- They encrypt a message containing their real email address, with your public key
- You decrypt it with your private key to verify
- Confirm you both got the right emails
- Save each other's email addresses
- Eventually or permanently (e.g. when using temp-mail.org) ditch the throwaway, but it is advised to keep it for a while in case you'll need it again