- I’m reinstalling windows on my PC and already reset my phone.
- I deleted my old Gmail account and profiles on my most used apps, which I want to recreate anew.
- I switched to Proton but obviously need a google account to use those apps again on my phone (movies and books trackers mostly).
1st QUESTION: if I create a google account with my proton mail, is it worth switching to it at all? Would it still be better than using Gmail?
- I had created two Microsoft accounts on my computer: personal and school. Worried about privacy I decided to reinstall windows.
- for the same reason I was gonna use a 2nd mail (probably Gmail) for the laptop but have doubts…
2nd QUESTION: if I don’t add a school account this time but only use my university email to access the apps and that’s It, can I be sure enough and use my personal mail on the laptop as well, for other stuff? My idea was to completely avoid using the proton mail on the laptop. Or can I use it safely? It would be easier with things like Tweek (calendar and to-do) which I would use on both devices… With 2 mails I can’t
Hope I didn’t make any confusion and thank you if you’ll be patient enough to help!
ANY advice or suggestion is welcome!
I wouldn’t be using Gmail at all, I was thinking about creating a google account using my proton mail
Not every site will accept your Proton address. You could generate a unique email mask for most sites and apps instead of giving them your real email address, wherever your inbox may be. Firefox Relay just forwards the emails it receives to whatever address you give it.
If your goal is to avoid reverse email searches, this is how’d I’d avoid giving my real email address out during signups.
Edit: I think Google won’t accept a proton address, but I may be wrong
I really like Firefox Relay. I think they have a paid version, but the free version allows 5 different emails masks, and you can set masks to either forward emails, or to just block them. I find this latter function useful for things that make you put in your email address to get past a wall (which doesn’t necessarily involve signing up).