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Just wondering what most people here use for their email in relation to everything cryptocurrency, an encrypted open source email like ProtonMail or gmail?

I personally use Gmail and Yahoo for sending and receiving information, but I do know of people that use Protonmail for security. I don't store anything important on my Gmail like passwords or sensitive information, and I have both 2FA and a long password on all the Gmail accounts I own for as much security as possible.

In the end, it's up to you. I've noticed Protonmail and encrypted email providers becoming more and more popular throughout the last year, but I haven't tried it yet as Gmail and Yahoo are good enough for me at the moment.

I use gmail, there's no important thing about cryptocurrency in my gmail such as password or something, mostly i store my password offline or in my phone and change the file format. 
I don't want move to protonmail for now, gmail its good enough for me, since i don't get bad experience such as hacked email or something.

I think this matter depends on your needs; preference

For day-to-day usage, I believe yahoo and gmail should be enough. I use both of them and for security, I think my accounts are pretty secured - 2fa and account keys are activated, passwords are all combination of alphanumeric and special characters as well as setting up account recovery. Of course security doesn't end there, your entire usage will contribute, like if you are constantly sharing your email address publicly, there's a huge chance you'll be bombarded by spam emails, worst with malwares/phishing links

Oh and a few months ago, I started using temp email (https://temp-mail.org/en/). It's great for suspicious services.

I too don't see myself using this anytime soon, I can't think of anything that would require me to go such lengths.

Yes. I use protonmail in probably 95% of my emails. I personally only use my Gmail for some social media sites. Privacy is a big factor for me.

Using encrypted email services like Protonmail isn't necessarily because you're saving your passwords or other sensitive data/information on your email. A big advantage is also on privacy, not necessarily security. Google is a huge data miner.

I am also using gmail on my crypto related transactions. I never tried proton mail yet as I never had problems with gmail and its security is highly recommended. But I am interested on a more private email too so i'll give it a try.

So gmail is centralized so doesn't that mean google can get into your gmail account if they want to?

Well, you use their services ( likely without paying for them)), so it would make sense that they would do so in order to make money some way. (usually through personalized ads)

A quick google search on what they do with your data/if they can read it gives returns like this, https://www.wired.co.uk/article/google-reading-personal-emails-privacy


So, yes, Google can definitely get into your gmail account if they would want to, and they have done so in the past to make massive amounts of money...

I use my own domain name and use Roundcube. I don't get annoying advertisements, I am not tracked, I am not sold to a 3rd party my emails are not stored on several servers. My mailbox is clean and efficient
do you know the adage: when a product is free, you're the product

As libertarian as it may seem to always use encryption, it isn't practical in any way and it doesn't solve anything. Why it doesn't solve anything is because if you truly believe the Government is in a surveillance state, it won't matter what you use to send information between 2 parties because the Government would have already compromised both parties. There's no need to encrypt something if it was already sniffed/logged before it was encrypted. Makes sense? If you're using encryption before the surveillance state then sure it could potentially be useful in concealing information, but why would you want to if you aren't being watched. Unless you have reason to believe you're being watched and are paranoid, then it may help relieve your anxiety.

You sure? Even if you are using your own domain, you certainly bought it from one of the service providers such as go-daddy/name-cheap which do keep a track, don't they? You definitely get a clean mailbox but if you actually start using that email for stuff like online purchases, you will be sold. I mean, own domain wouldn't provide that kind of security or do they?

Every other email service out there provides encrypted emails. The question is, to what extent?

I'm using ProtonMail with a professional plan and my own domain name. (bought from NameSilo)


I have a catch-all set to my domain, and I generally use <service name>@mydomain.ca. This prevents companies from building a profile by cross-referencing from other purchased information in most cases.


There's a huge difference between "your emails are safe if we get hacked but we can and will read them" and "your emails are safe no matter what, we can't read them"