Second Gmail address for security

oldernonethewiser

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.

chunter

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

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.

Vitor

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

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 🤦‍♀️