Secure Email Set Up
- Crypto MA
- Jan 17, 2019
- 3 min read
Crypto Masternode Analytix is taking an active role to help users secure their CryptoCurrency accounts. In the CryptoCurrency world, a secure email can be very important in protecting and recovering your CryptoCurrency Investments.
Crypto Masternode Analytix feels Protonmail.com is a platform that offers a very secure and encrypted email account that is also very easy to use. It is always important to do your own research to meet the goals that are important to you! Crypto Masternode Analytix is in no way affiliated with Protonmail.com.
Here are 6 features that provided and you can learn more about them at Protonmail.com:
Data Security and Neutrality
End-to-End Encryption
Anonymous Emai
lOpen Source
Ease of Use
Modern Index Design
We recommend not using this email for anything other than for CryptoCurrency use! We also, recommend never signing into this email unless you absolutely need to!
Below is the Step-By-Step Guide to Setting up a Secure Email account on Protonmail.com:
On your phone, Download Google Authenticator.
Get a Pen and Paper (You will need this to write down your passwords. (Always keep your passwords safe and offline! If you lose them you will not be able to recover your account!)
Go to Protonmail.com.
Click on “Sign Up”
You can choose whichever plan you would like. The “Free Plan” will work just fine.
Click “Select Free Plan”
Choose a Unique Username and Domain. (Write your Choses Username and Domain on your Paper)
Choose and Enter Your Password (Make your Password at least 14 Characters long and Write it down Exactly on your Paper)
Although not entirely recommended, you can choose a recovery email.
Click “Create Account”
Click “CAPTCHA”Click Box that says “I am not a Robot”
Click on ALL Pictures associated with what the CAPTCHA asks.
Click “Verify”Click “
Complete Set Up”
Click “Finish”
On the Upper Mid-Right of the Page, Click on “Settings”
Scroll down to “Password” and Click on “Switch to Two-Password Mode”
Type in your Current Password and Click “Submit”
Write “Login Password” and you can either Re-Enter the Password that you first Wrote Down when you Created Your Account, or You can Make a New One (Write Down This Password next to “Login Password” on Paper)
Confirm Password
Click “Next”
Write “Mailbox Password” on Your Paper and Write down a New Password (At least 14 Different Units) different from your “Login Password” (Write Down Password next to “Mailbox Password” on Paper)
On the List on the Left side of the Screen Click “Security”
Click “Enable Two-Factor Authentification”
If you want more information about Two-Factor Authentification, you can click on “2FA Guide”
Click “Next”
Go to your Google Authenicator App on your Phone and click the “+” on the upper right corner.
Click “Scan barcode”
Bring the Phone Scanner up to the Computer and Scan the QR code presented on the Protonmail Computer Screen
On The Google Authenticator app, a set of 6 numbers will show up under the title “Protonmail”. Your Email will show up below the 6 Numbers.”
Click “Next”
Enter your “Login Password” and Confirm Password
Enter the 6 digits shown on the Google Authenticator App under “Protonmail” (If the numbers change before you press Submit, you will have to put in the new set of 6 digits on the Google Authenticator App).
Click “Submit”
YOU MUST WRITE DOWN THE16 UNIQUE PHRASES! IF YOU WERE TO EVER GET BREAK YOUR PHONE, THESE 16 PHRASES ARE THE ONLY WAY TO RECOVER YOUR GOOGLE AUTHENTICATOR ACCOUNT!!
Sign Out of Protonmail.com
Re-Sign in to ensure all of your Passwords and Authentifications Work.
If it does not work, you will need to start over.
What is Google Authenticator?
Google Authenticator produces a new random set of 6 numbers that are specific to the QR Code that you scanned on your phone. This makes it very difficult to hack an account.
Why do I need Two Passwords to Log In?
Your “Login Password” works differently than your “Mailbox Password”. Your Login Password works similarly to any other Email address. It is for general security.
Your “Mailbox Password” Encrypts your email. This makes it impossible for Protonmail.com to be able to access any of your Email Information or Data unless they had your password.
Also, having 2 different Passwords to your Email account makes it significantly harder for Hackers to get into your account.
If you forget your “Mailbox Password”, you will not be able to recover any information that you had in it.
These Statements are not Security Advice, but rather nothing more than the Opinions and Experiences of Crypto Masternode Analytix. Every User should always decide the best practices for their Own Personal Security Needs.
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