Switch to Protonmail Reason #45: Keep a recovery address harder for attackers to guess
An obvious recovery address gives attackers a predictable target for reset attempts and phishing.
Why this matters
An obvious recovery address gives attackers a predictable target for reset attempts and phishing. Privacy is easier to defend before this information is collected than after it has spread.
The protection
Proton recommends considering aliases or plus addressing for recovery identities, along with two-factor authentication.
Take action
Use a distinct recovery address and secure that mailbox too. An alias helps only if the underlying account is protected. Email protection depends on the route and settings. Ordinary mail involving outside providers is not automatically end-to-end encrypted, and email metadata is not universally hidden.
Sources
- Categories: Proton Mail
- Tags: #Digital Self-Defense, #Proton Mail, #Email Privacy, #Account Security