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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

So key tip here is don't set a fuckin non friendly service as a recovery email on protonmail lmao

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well the key tip is that recovery emails are not encrypted.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Depending on what its purpose it, it likely needs to be unencrypted (or at least decryptable by the operator without the user's key) in order to function. A recovery email likely needs to be used precisely when you don't have your password, so it can't work if it's encrypted with your private key.

I suppose this isn't necessarily obvious to a user but it's not a flaw or fault of Proton, it's unavoidable if a recovery email is used. Note that it's optional to add one (see article update).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Honest question, what we should be using as of recovery email? Another Proton Mail?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Nothing that is tied to you directly at all if you genuinely care about that. Or better yet no recovery email at all that you can use. If things get lost consider the account lost.