![]() Using your is great for professional communications, but for critical accounts, you’re better off using a 3rd party service (with as many security features enabled as possible). Even if it looks legit, navigate directly to the page in your browser. 1 Sign in to your ProtonMail paid account and go to Domain Names in the menu: 2 On the Domain names page, select the purple 'Add domain' button. Remember to never click on links in an email.If 2-Factor Authentication is available, make sure that you use it! Preferably using some sort of random number generator rather than SMS messages.Use a long, random password ( stored in something like LastPass) Right now I have two custom domains, one for Proton and one in Simplelogin I use I create a unique address for every 'sign up'. ![]() Use a service like Outlook, Gmail, ProtonMail, Zoho, Hey.com, etc, and make sure to take all the standard precautions: With a social media account, they can post inflammatory things and ruin your reputation. Free service is only being pulled from longtime users who have registered their own domain names () and are using Google to host custom email. With a site like Venmo or Paypal, they could transfer money into their own bank accounts. If this 3rd party is malicious (and you don’t have additional security setup) then it’s trivial for them to reset your password (remember, they will get the reset email!), take over your account, and order things on your dime. Any Amazon notification emails (password resets, order confirmations, security emails, etc.) will still be sent to – which is now under the control of a 3rd party. Now someone else can swoop in and buy, and then they are in control of your (former) domain. Then a few years later, you forget to renew (or your credit card expires). The main hazard is that if you neglect to renew that custom domain, bad things could happen.įor example, imagine if you use to create your Amazon account. ![]() And there’s another security reason to use a 3rd-party email service that I didn’t consider until now! The Risk of Your Own DomainĪs pointed out in this article on, you should be using your custom domain to register for an account on a site that involves money (Amazon, Paypal), or your reputation (Twitter, Facebook). that you use for online accounts and communication.Īn email from one of these services is much less likely to be marked as spam than an email from your personal domain. However, even with your own domain, you should probably have a “standard” email address from a service like Gmail, Outlook, etc. Remember that putting this stuff on Facebook or Instagram gives them more ad revenue and you nothing! Additionally, having your own website gives you a place to put interesting content that can (potentially) make you money. It not only gives you a “home” online, but it’s a better first impression for people interested in you. Having your own domain (and website) is important. It’s pretty well established now that everyone needs to have their own website.
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