I created a proton email out of curiosity and now can’t help but wonder if it’s really worth it. How do you use it?

For me it would mean having:

  1. University email
  2. Outlook for my PC cause I don’t want PC and phone stuff to mix up
  3. Gmail (for my google account) on the phone (PlayStore, Maps, google chrome…)
  4. Proton mail

But how do you use it? Let’s say I use it on Lemmy… But I’m still using Google Chrome for Lemmy Even if I avoided Gmail by using the proton email to create my google account, I’m still using Google services bc of apps and PlayStore, how does this work?

If I don’t use personal email for much unless these google/Microsoft related stuff, does it still make sense having one and keeping it separate from anything else?

  • MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub
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    3 months ago

    You can use a Google account only for the play store and not use Gmail at all. No need to connect that to your proton email and it’s still better than having everything on Google.

    • Techhh@lemmy.worldOP
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      3 months ago

      Yes but that’s the point, I would still have 3 personal emails… I mean addresses by that. What would I be doing with proton? That’s what I need email for, the apps and their accounts :(

      • MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub
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        3 months ago

        But you can just ignore the Gmail address and use proton for everything. So if you install a lemmy app from the play store (using the Google account), the lemmy account can use the proton address, it doesn’t matter how you installed the app.

        • Techhh@lemmy.worldOP
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          3 months ago

          it doesn’t matter how you installed the app.

          This is what I need an explanation on, if anyone can help

          • MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub
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            3 months ago

            Services like lemmy, reddit, amazon, your bank’s website require accounts regardless of where you’re accessing them from. When you sign up do it using the protonmail address. After you install the app on your phone (through the play store, f-droid, or anywhere else) log in to the account you made using protonmail. The gmail address doesn’t have to be part of this.

          • decisivelyhoodnoises@sh.itjust.works
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            3 months ago

            You will need to start creating accounts in the apps/services you want with the traditional way of setting email+password. Not by clicking “login with google”

            • Techhh@lemmy.worldOP
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              3 months ago

              Yes I get that, what I mean is, my data would still be safe that way? Even if I’m downloading the apps through google account and play store? And how so?