Help with my email setup

[FranklyFlawless (Frank Lý)]

Both. I have provided various responses to other Privacy Guide Community members within these topics:

Basic privacy stack review - email, password, domain - biggest threat myself?

Hi all - lately I’ve takene some steps to improve privacy. Threat model vise I am mostly concerned about identity theft (ID documents and email), secondly general passive attacks. Reducing data used for monetization is a bonus. The spark for this was looking into options aside from Gmail, and improve privacy at the same time. Email - went for Tuta and setup 2FA with bitwarden authenticator. Passphrase and recovery code stored physically. Paid subscription. Need 2/3 of passphrase, recovery code…

My email addressing strategy: multiple personas / custom domains / aliases

I started to migrate to Proton email a few years ago. Every time I need to give my email, I give a SimpleLogin alias. But when I am giving a generic @SimpleLogin.com alias to a real person, they always ask me if this is my real email, and followed by why I am so concern about privacy, and from who i need to hide so much. I want to avoid this. I would say my main concern (or threat) in my email strategy is keeping my privacy and avoiding get spammed, while having a permanent email for my long te…

How does having a "Private" phone number or Email address help with privacy.

I guess I’m asking where the line is. If I have a second phone number, and I never give the number to anyone, than it will remain private, it will also have no benefit. I’m not sure why I am finding it so difficult to understand. but for example I recently got a new job and am about to sign a lease on a new apartment. who gets my personal “private” email address and phone number, and who gets my “public” email address and phone number. What about Doctor offices, or two factor Identification m…

My suggestion for specific improvements is deferred to reduce feeling overwhelmed until you through with your plan and learn about issues through experience. At that point, you can choose to start another topic, mention those issues, then we can re-evaluate your situation from there, or you can handle it alone.