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That's a really nice idea. I think my solution is better though. If an attacker manages to access my email account, all they're going to see are PGP encrypted emails.

https://grepular.com/Automatically_Encrypting_all_Incoming_E...

They wont be able to read password reset emails or anything else in there.

I might set up a canary though, as it sounds like a useful way of being made aware of a compromise.

It'd be interesting to see how your (and other's) setup have endured actual attacks. As someone non-versed in security, I think your approach sounds great. But how does it fare when someone comes knocking?

I wonder the same thing about my setups. I have a password manager with random passwords for every site/forum that I encounter. It'd be nice to know of the efficacy of this work - has it helped me in any way? I'll never know.

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