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0 pointsTheCoelacanth2y ago0 comments

How would a recovery email feature be possible without them knowing what your recovery email is?

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fbdab1032y ago· 1 in thread

If you are super duper serious about securing yourself, recovery email is non-viable. Every piece of data is a potential vector towards exposure.

Which comes directly into the problem of security vs convenience.

TheCoelacanthOP2y ago

Of course, but you can't blame Proton that you chose to prioritize convenience over security. If you don't want Proton to know who you are, don't use that feature.

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