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An email address is a lot more "anonymous" than an IP address, which can be traced to a service provider and an (approximate) geographical location. I'd suggest that if Free (as in freedom) is that concerned about security or privacy (I'm not sure which is the issue), that the first step would be to stop using the internet.
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Free, as in freedom wrote: I don't want to come off as just a annoying neckbeard
Well, you kinda ... 
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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CodeProject is free - as in "free beer". You don't have to pay for it, but you do have to provide an identification of some sort. For beer, this is so the server can comply with the underage drinking laws; for CP, this is so the server can remove spammers and similar abusers.
"Free as in freedom" is extremely expensive. Many in every generation have paid as much as their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor.
EDIT: typos
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
modified 7-Jul-22 7:30am.
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The problem is that with that kind of freedom comes hand-in-hand all sort of bullies - everything have a price... CodeProject interprets free as without payment. But always remember, that you freedom to choose kept intact...
“Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
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It is free, as in freedom. As in you have complete freedom not to partake in this great community.
That said, I'll be more blunt. Wake up. Free and freedom are completely misunderstood, misused, and abused terms. It's a lot more productive to realize that everything is an agreement in one form or another. By participating in anything in life, you are constantly explicitly or implicitly agreeing to the terms of that interaction. If you don't agree, then don't participate. That is the only actual "freedom" you have.
I guess philosophy is something nobody teaches anymore. 
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Marc Clifton wrote: It is free, as in freedom. As in you have complete freedom not to partake in this great community.
Exactly!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Well that is disappointing. You've seen through the problem, understood its nature in detail .. and then decided that the existence of the problem proves that there is no problem.
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harold aptroot wrote: Well that is disappointing. You've seen through the problem, understood its nature in detail .. and then decided that the existence of the problem proves that there is no problem.
Um, no. The fact that the original premise is ridiculous indicates there is no problem -- except in the mind of OP.
No one owes the OP anything. The rules of participation, which are far from onerous, are clear. Participate or not.
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You're welcome to move off of this planet if you want to live as a Ferengi.
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Freedom of expression is not the same as anonymity. What you're asking for is an anonymous account, which CP allows for viewers/readers only. This access is for both their forums and articles. What you cannot do is post anonymously. For this you have to create an account.
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Without a way to identify the user the doors are wide open to spammers, perverts and idiots.
I have a site and I used to have a comment section so people could comment on my articles, without signup or any kind of ID...yeah I know stupid right, I was young(ish), naive and trusting. The number of links to porn, adverts and just plain filth got unmanageable and now I don't do comments at all.
The most expensive tool is a cheap tool. Gareth Branwyn
JaxCoder.com
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You can read articles for free without having a login.
You cannot download code zip file for free without a login. But there is a workaround for this too. You can go to Browse Code for that article, see the listing of all source code files there, and select-copy-paste to your workspace. Do this for all files listed, update your own project with these source files, build and run. All of this without a login. What more do you want?
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One thing I keep seeing/hearing: people keep insisting on "freedom", but never mention that with such freedom there is equally as much a need for responsibility.
And let's face it, what kind of developer are you if you don't have email? One of the most basic forms of communication, as well as providing a basis of identity.
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you sure got everyone stirred up. Which I believe was your intent. You are enjoying watching everyone get stirred up. Congrats on you. You are nothing more than a troll. I almost feel sorry for you. Just stirring the pot.
Are you really accomplishing anything in life?
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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No email? How do you do anything without email? 
Do you also not live in a house for privacy reasons?
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Sander Rossel wrote: Do you also not live in a house for privacy reasons?
Trolls do in fact live under bridges.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Name one forum like this site that allows posting anonymously. You're not going to find one because doing so opens the site up to be completely overrun by spammers.
Or did you not think about that?
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In the name of 'freedom' perhaps you should put up your own website and allow anonymous postings. 
Freedom without accountability leads to anarchy.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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Some of the replies here are reminding me of Wart’s lessons on government from Merlin in TH White’s “The Once and Future King” which I read 45+ years ago.(it is a little foggy)
The ants were pretty prescient.
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No, it should not be, which is why it isn't.
When joining an established community, one must obey the rules of that community.
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Would it help if Bob painted his face blue and wore a kilt?
Freeeeeeedommmmm!!!!!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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You're right, it's not free, as in you ain't free to be an a**hole here.
But it's free in other regards, like be a valuable resource that doesn't cost you a penny.
Between you and me, nobody really like the freedom to be an a**hole, you know.
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To some (many?), freedom (as in freedom) means "no rules". That's not "improving" things.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Your concern is about giving out an email that can somehow be abused. Temp email IDs are good for some things but not all (as in this case.)
One option you have is to purchase a domain - let's call it myfree.com. Now set up a "catchall" account - so any email sent to an email that ends with @myfree.com is received by that account.
When you sign up at any site, use the site name as the recipient - so CodeProject@myfree.com. Or StackOverflow@myfree.com, etc. This has multiple benefits:
1) If a site makes your email available to others (intentionally or otherwise) - you can just block emails sent to that address.
2) If someone hacks the site and gets your email - see #1
3) You can always remember the email ID you used for a site.
4) Unless someone knows that you have a catchall account, no one will associate one email ID with another - especially if you don't set up a web site to go with it (or set up a fully bogus one to further confuse.)
5) You can especially use this for financial or similar sites. Then you know if you get an email sent to anything other than Chase@myfree.com it is definitely NOT from Chase bank.
So this provides you with the benefits of the temp emails you like with the obscurity you desire (and some additional benefits too.)
Just a thought.....
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