The importance of using different emails for your crypto related activity - page 2.

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Quote from: Baofeng on June 12, 2020, 03:24:01 AM

and it you didn't practice having different strong passwords, they have decrypted it quickly, and can go a process of elimination by logging to different crypto related sites like exchanges and online wallets to get what they want from you

Users should avoid exchange and online wallets where you either don't own your private keys or it's stored online, some also require you to submit KYC, which adds an extra threat.
Having different emails for different purposes is a good idea, I would also advise one keeps a log, if you're opening random accounts often it's very easy to mix everything up and reuse details. Only open accounts you need, in cases where you're just experimenting use a throwaway mail to set up an account and if/when you decide to register you can create a unique address for such account.

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This is why I always recommend using privacy-respecting email clients such as ProtonMail[1] and Tutanota[2]. They're good for privacy, and at the same time, they have email aliasing features so you can point different email addresses onto only one mailbox. Perfect for having separate addresses for you exchanges, social media, etc. Pretty cheap, too! Tutanota only demands €12 per year for 5 aliases.

[1] https://protonmail.com/
[2] https://tutanota.com/

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These data dumps can be used by hackers by:

Additional for this part is, as they already got your email address, we can also receive random emails that may contain some phishing links inside of it.
Or some spam emails about cryptocurrencies with some advertising such shitcoins or scam ICO, or anything. This is why it's so important that we should separate our personal email address, work email address, and purposes.
A good thread to read, +1!

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It's already June and we have seen many exploits/hacks/breaches already. And we have read in news that hackers are dumping personal information to the public or selling them in the dark market (specially crypto users).

Some of them might be false, however, this is still a threat that is highlighted many times already and as crypto users, we really need to practice safety measures of our own. Below are some of the supposedly data dumps in recent months.

How is this important to us?

These data dumps can be used by hackers by:

they can directly access your crypto account and steal everything from you
worst case scenario, your address is exposed and you can be a target at your physical home
the leak emails can be cross-reference to other data breaches in the past, and it you didn't practice having different strong passwords, they have decrypted it quickly, and can go a process of elimination by logging to different crypto related sites like exchanges and online wallets to get what they want from you

Best practices:

use strong and random password for your different email accounts
use a good password manager
2FA

This is just a reminder, regardless if you are a beginner here or experienced traders. We really need to practice security hygiene to minimise the risk of being hack as these bad actors are really stepping the game every time. Please let me know, I may have missed a lot here, help me update this list.

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