Second Gmail address for security

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  • oldernonethewiser
    oldernonethewiser Posts: 2,412 Forumite
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    edited 20 May at 5:39PM
    As well as having my own domain email addresses and some other emails I also use DDG's email protection.   People sometimes ask if I am being genuine when I give my address as xxxxxxxxxx@duck.com

    *that isn't the real address ;)


    Just try to use my duck address to book tickets and got rejected as it wasn't a "valid email"

    Use one of my other throwaway accounts instead.
    Things that are differerent: draw & drawer, brought & bought, loose & lose, dose & does, payed & paid


  • chunter
    chunter Posts: 2,012 Forumite
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    I have a google email for the phone.
    I have separate anonymous one (mixture of letters and numbers)  for the more important stuff.
    I can access both via Thunderbird on a pc.
    Still don't completely trust these phone things... Just too much information in the one 'loseable' place.

  • nosuperwoman
    nosuperwoman Posts: 103 Forumite
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    chunter said:
    I have a google email for the phone.
    I have separate anonymous one (mixture of letters and numbers)  for the more important stuff.
    I can access both via Thunderbird on a pc.

    That's the sort of thing I had in mind. But the comments so far suggest it's less effective than I thought.
    '...it is only kindness that makes sense anymore ' Naomi Shihab Nye
  • Vitor
    Vitor Posts: 463 Forumite
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    Email is the weakest way of getting second-factor security codes for logins. Better to use a text message or best of all an Authenticator app on mobi which is opened with a biometric like fingerprint. 
  • nosuperwoman
    nosuperwoman Posts: 103 Forumite
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    I am looking at proton for a password manager and encrypted email. 
    I use an authenticator app in work but for some reason I didn't think of one for myself 🤦‍♀️
    '...it is only kindness that makes sense anymore ' Naomi Shihab Nye
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