Gmail prompt to provide phone number sounds like a threat

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    2 years and it’ll be deleted.

    I still have a Gmail account but I’m trying better solutions… Maybe my own hosted system. Whether I pay google or a hosting company with open source software is the same money, the latter means privacy

    • lemmyvore@feddit.nl
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      1 year ago

      Get your own domain and use migadu.com. The starter plan is $20/year.

      For extra privacy get a domain in .de, .be, .fr, or .nl, their registries protect owner data automatically.

      If you’re also looking for a registrar check out INWX.