jwillmer

In the past there was an option to assign your own domain to the MS outlook mail service (for free). I did that and use outlook.live.com ever since as my mail provider using my own domain.

I hoped that using outlook as mail provider will boost the credibility of my emails so that they are not constantly marked as spam just because the domain is not widely used. This has not come true but I still have a free mail service behind my domain :)

What perks do you have that are not available any more but still work?

This week I was stranded with two small kids on a lake in the urgent need of calling a family member to pick us up, but I didn't had a working phone anymore. Since I don't remember any smartphone number I needed a device with internet to login to my Google account. I asked the first guy for his phone and internet access, but his data volume was throttled so Google run into a timeout. The second guy had decent mobile internet, but Google didn't recognise the device - who knew! - and asked for a second factor. Long story short: I couldn't access any of my data (quickly) and I was carrying two kids while hiking home.

I have two questions for you. First one is: Do you have still a way to access your data (contacts) quickly if you only have a mobile device from a stranger and would you mind telling me?

Second question: I had the idea of a GitHub hosted page that stores my emergency contacts encrypted. I have built up a prototype [1] but I am by now means a security expert and I am not sure if my encryption method is secure (enough) to host contacts online. Anyone mind giving me some feedback?

[1]: https://github.com/jwillmer/emergency-contacts