Is this new, or have online accounts never offered the ability to update your email address easily?

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    6 months ago

    I literally am a security expert and the only thing I change between accounts is my password, which I put in a password manager.

    With that said I do have other usernames/email addresses that I use if I’m doing something that I don’t want attached to my public persona. These can also be stored in the password manager so all is still good.

    But individual email addresses per account is overkill and a management nightmare, with a very minimal security tradeoff. I’m not exactly expecting a state sponsored attack on my email after all.

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      6 months ago

      But individual email addresses per account is overkill and a management nightmare

      Since I use a password manager, it’s quite easy to manage, just like different passwords for each account. No difference.

      But having different email addresses also help with reducing spam, so it’s worth it just for that.

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        6 months ago

        Since I use a password manager, it’s quite easy to manage, just like different passwords for each account. No difference.

        Yeah, but for the actual mail, do you forward the emails to one address? Or do you set up Outlook/Thunderbird to sync all of them? Manually checking all of them would be quite laborious and you might miss the occasional important email if you don’t check regularly.