Privacy and Security best practices
There are several simple ways that you can increase your security. Here are just a few products that have been vetted by leaders in the industry. Even though many of these products have a FREE plan, they can be trusted.
Secure Email Options:
ProtonMail FREE
Proton Mail is an email service with a focus on privacy, encryption, security, and ease of use. They have been in operation since 2013. Proton AG is based in Genève, Switzerland. The Proton Mail Free plan comes with 500MB of Mail storage, which you can increase up to 1GB for free.
Tutanota FREE
Tuta is an email service with a focus on security and privacy through the use of encryption. Tuta has been in operation since 2011 and is based in Hanover, Germany. Free accounts start with 1GB of storage.
Fastmail $60/year
You are our customer, not our product – Fastmail works to serve you, not advertisers or anyone else. Your money gets you a solid product and all our focus and attention.
Alias Email Addresses:
Simplelogin FREE
SimpleLogin is a free service which provides email aliases on a variety of shared domain names, and optionally provides paid features like unlimited aliases and custom domains.
Addy FREE
addy.io lets you create 10 domain aliases on a shared domain for free, or unlimited "standard" aliases which are less anonymous.
MySudo FREE
Create secure digital profiles called Sudos, with phone, handle, email, browser and virtual card.* Use your Sudo profile instead of your personal information, online and off.
Password Managers:
Bitwarden FREE
Bitwarden is a free and open-source password and passkey manager. It aims to solve password management problems for individuals, teams, and business organizations. Bitwarden is among the best and safest solutions to store all of your logins and passwords while conveniently keeping them synced between all of your devices.
ProtonPass FREE
Proton Pass is an open-source, end-to-end encrypted password manager developed by Proton, the team behind Proton Mail. It securely stores your login credentials, generates unique email aliases, supports and stores passkeys, and offers a community-funded, Swiss-based service with strict data privacy laws.
Note: You should enable 2FA (2-factor authentication) on every website and product you use. It may seem inconvenient, but not as inconvenient as being extorted by a hacker.