md5person

There's a thread right now on the front-page, titled "Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24245817). Many on this thread are advocating for using a custom domain name, to front email communications (and thus reduce your dependency on services such as gmail).

People who currently do this (or those that plan on doing it): what is your plan in-case you end up losing the domain name (either temporarily, or otherwise)? How do you prepare for this, reduce the risk, etc?

Losing your domain name can happen due to any number of reasons: hacked account (at the registrar), social engineering, etc. There can also be issues with registrars going bankrupt, increasing fees (see recent dot-org case [1]), laws changing (especially with ccTLDs - see the dot-EU case with British citizens post Brexit [2]) and much more...

[1] - https://www.eff.org/press/releases/org-domain-registry-sale-ethos-capital-rejected-stunning-victory-public-interest

[2] - https://eurid.eu/en/register-a-eu-domain/brexit-notice/