Ask HN: How do you manage the risk of losing access to your email address? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage the risk of losing access to your email address?

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Post by cdaringe » Fri, Dec 13, 2024, 9:01 PM UTC

mmh0000 wrote: post #14

Here's how I do it: * Buy your own domain, (Through a reputable registrar that has existed for a long time (enom; joker; namecheap; aws). * Host DNS through a 3rd party (Cloudflare in my case) * Use Fastmail for email hosting on my custom domain * Run a nightly cronjob using offlineimap ( https://github.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap ) to sync all hosted email to my local NAS. This protects me from: * Fastmail bans me:…

Have you ever been a victim of domain squatting? One time I went to renew my domain one day late. Ask me how that went.

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage the risk of losing access to your email address?

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Post by mmh0000 » Sun, Dec 15, 2024, 1:41 AM UTC

cdaringe wrote: post #31

mmh0000 wrote: post #14

Here's how I do it: * Buy your own domain, (Through a reputable registrar that has existed for a long time (enom; joker; namecheap; aws). * Host DNS through a 3rd party (Cloudflare in my case) * Use Fastmail for email hosting on my custom domain * Run a nightly cronjob using offlineimap ( https://github.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap ) to sync all hosted email to my local NAS. This protects me from: * Fastmail bans me:…

Have you ever been a victim of domain squatting? One time I went to renew my domain one day late. Ask me how that went.

No.

I prepay for all domains five years in advance. I have a calendar reminder to add additional time every year in September. Plus I have auto-renew enabled, but, I don’t trust fully trust it. Hence the calendar reminder.

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage the risk of losing access to your email address?

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Post by p0d » Sun, Dec 15, 2024, 7:09 AM UTC

I have my own domain, pay for fastmail, and use Gmail as my client. More than this and you are overthinking.

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage the risk of losing access to your email address?

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Post by uncomplexity_ » Mon, Dec 16, 2024, 3:01 AM UTC

the flaw here is you're treating something meant to be disposable as permanent.

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage the risk of losing access to your email address?

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Post by uncomplexity_ » Mon, Dec 16, 2024, 3:05 AM UTC

uncomplexity_ wrote: post #34

the flaw here is you're treating something meant to be disposable as permanent.

yall wanna throw money at yo problems when the solution is keep the backup recovery codes properly.

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage the risk of losing access to your email address?

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Post by fragmede » Mon, Dec 16, 2024, 3:54 AM UTC

uncomplexity_ wrote: post #35

uncomplexity_ wrote: post #34

the flaw here is you're treating something meant to be disposable as permanent.

yall wanna throw money at yo problems when the solution is keep the backup recovery codes properly.

Sure. Where's properly? Your wallet can be pickpocketed, and your luggage stolen. Any of your digital accounts are theoretically protected by 2fa, and the hypothetical is that the device you use to 2fa was just stolen.

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage the risk of losing access to your email address?

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Post by uncomplexity_ » Mon, Dec 16, 2024, 10:12 AM UTC

fragmede wrote: post #36

uncomplexity_ wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yall wanna throw money at yo problems when the solution is keep the backup recovery codes properly.

Sure. Where's properly? Your wallet can be pickpocketed, and your luggage stolen. Any of your digital accounts are theoretically protected by 2fa, and the hypothetical is that the device you use to 2fa was just stolen.

i have my google recovery codes tattooed on my chest memento style. when i look in the mirror, i see them. only downside is i now sleep with women with my clothes on.