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<blockquote data-quote="forgottenuser79643" data-source="post: 963493" data-attributes="member: 88069">In regard to Gmail, there is nothing to be paranoid about, unless you carry sensitive information in that particular email. I made my Gmail account when Gmail was just an email account and not connected to any of the other Google services many a year ago, hell even before android required it to function. Primarily used it for potential spam accounts/logins, account forms I wasn&#039;t sure about or accounts I knew I would delete at some point.Now 2021, well over 15 years later, that email has been flagged in consumer spam, &quot;research&quot; and copy-pasted by bots in large spam lists so many times no one count any more. Since Gmail has one of the best, well better, spam filters/algorithms out there as far as free email accounts go. And with most of those bot networks have been shutdown by now, I only get somewhere in between 3-6 emails a week in the spam-folder.Only look into that folder whenever I know I am expecting a particular email, otherwise I let it clear itself out automatically every 30 days.Have to note, that I use this same account for my Android smartphone as well. Just make sure you have [A] a strong password, 2FA enabled and [C] Important contacts (and recovery codes) backed up properly, and you&#039;re Gucci. Though, when in doubt, change password and reset 2FA in absolute worst-case scenario.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="forgottenuser79643, post: 963493, member: 88069"] In regard to Gmail, there is nothing to be paranoid about, unless you carry sensitive information in that particular email. I made my Gmail account when Gmail was just an email account and not connected to any of the other Google services many a year ago, hell even before android required it to function. Primarily used it for potential spam accounts/logins, account forms I wasn't sure about or accounts I knew I would delete at some point. Now 2021, well over 15 years later, that email has been flagged in consumer spam, "research" and copy-pasted by bots in large spam lists so many times no one count any more. Since Gmail has one of the best, well better, spam filters/algorithms out there as far as free email accounts go. And with most of those bot networks have been shutdown by now, I only get somewhere in between 3-6 emails a week in the spam-folder. Only look into that folder whenever I know I am expecting a particular email, otherwise I let it clear itself out automatically every 30 days. Have to note, that I use this same account for my Android smartphone as well. Just make sure you have [A] a strong password, [B][B] 2FA enabled and [C] Important contacts (and recovery codes) backed up properly, and you're Gucci. Though, when in doubt, change password and reset 2FA in absolute worst-case scenario.[/B][/B] [/QUOTE]

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