E-mail is the nerve of communications on the Internet, whether for private purposes, business, online shopping or administrative procedures, and therefore the user must choose the e-mail address carefully.
It depends on the purpose for which the email is used, so it is better to create a main email for official inquiries and an email for friends and family so that the user can log in with important companies, such as payment services via Internet.
Privacy and data protection
And Brits stressed that attention must be paid to privacy and data protection when creating the main e-mail, and a crucial factor is the company’s headquarters for e-mail services, as the law in the United States of America allows the authorities there to access all user data, while the same does not apply to European companies.
There are many companies that provide e-mail services that rely on the technology of encrypting the data transfer process between the user and the computing centers.
Britsch pointed out that if the e-mail is sent in this way, it is encrypted, but the company providing the service can view it if desired.
This can be prevented by relying on the technology of encryption from the sender to the recipient, when dealing with sensitive data and important information, as the contents of the messages can only be read by the sender and the recipient.
| Attention must be paid to privacy and data protection when creating the main email (Reuters) |
Encryption solutions
The Federal Office for Information Technology Security recommends essentially encrypting email messages, and there are many solutions that rely on the concept of encryption such as Pretty Good Privacy known as "BGB", and the end-to-end encryption technology only works if The sender and recipient have set up the same encryption system, along with other technical complications that cause the average user to completely decrypt email.
Jo Bagger of the German computer magazine "CT" said that there are small companies that are concerned with the aspects of privacy and data protection instead of the large companies that provide e-mail services, and if the user attaches great importance to privacy and data protection, he can rely on companies such as Posteo or Mail Mailbox.org, because it cares about the security aspects and does not show any customized ads, and the cost of the account is at least one monthly.
British recommended creating additional addresses for receiving newsletters or shopping online.
The German expert stressed the need to separate small electronic stores that may be at risk of piracy and combustion from the main email address, and to obtain a clearer overview, all messages must be forwarded to the main mail, collected and managed through various email programs such as Thunderbird .
Bager added that there is a possibility that allows the user to get rid of some addresses so that the mailbox is not jammed with spam, and you can rely on the service, SpamGormit. Free Spamgourmet.com.
| If the hackers hack into the account, they will be able to reset the password in the online store (Reuters) |
A secure password
It is also important to secure the email account with a secure password, because not only does it protect personal data and information, it is also linked to access to other services.
There are many services that allow resetting the password by e-mail. If hackers manage to penetrate the account, they will be able to reset the password in the online store, acquire the user’s account and request to purchase products on his account, so the user must create strong and complex passwords. It's hard to crack like picking the first letters of a sentence that memorizes it well, while the rest of the password includes numbers and special signs.
If the email address is freely available, it can be continued to receive newsletters until the collected emails are preserved.
The German expert Brech stressed that the archive of electronic messages can also be transferred to the new services, and there are many companies that support the message transmission function with the same folder structure, but the user must reveal the password for the old email, and must change it immediately after that.
In addition, there are some e-mail programs such as Outlook and Thunderbird that allow the possibility to merge the new e-mail address with the old address, and for the new account, the same folder structure must be created for e-mails in order to transfer the messages easily.