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  "path": "/t/thoughts-on-use-of-another-person-s-email-as-a-recovery-option-in-protonmail/37371#post_8",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T16:13:01.000Z",
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  "textContent": "If you live together, which it sounds like you do, I think you may be failing to consider that a fire that locks you out of your account would very likely also lock him out of his. It may not be very helpful.\n\nUltimately, you have to think about your threat model and what is most important. More recovery options inherently creates more ways for bad actors to try to get into your account. Which is more concerning; the possibility that one of your enemies could compromise his account, and then yours, or the possibility of permanently losing all data locked behind your account?\n\nPersonally, I would err on the side of not losing data. If your recovery phrase is not physically written down, that may be something you should include in your off-site backup if you have a physical safe (laminated, if possible).\n\nI used to minimize my recovery options because I considered my threat model a bigger risk. I was wrong, and am very lucky I had still done just enough that I was able to recover the vast majority of my data (and ultimately, by some miracle, I actually ended up recovering all of it).",
  "title": "Thoughts on use of another person’s email as a recovery option in Protonmail"
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