96. Why Your Email Account Should Only Be For Email
Published on: Jan 2, 2026
Episode summary
I believe your email account should only be for email. Instead, most free email providers turn your email account into an account for all their services.
Google is probably the worst for this. Your Gmail account is actually a Google account that gives you access to Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Photos, Google Chat, YouTube, and much more.
On top of that, many websites allow you to "Log in with Gmail." This expands even further the number of accounts that are directly connected to your email account.
Taken all together, this is a security nightmare. Email accounts are already enough of a master key to your online identity, just through their ability to reset forgotten passwords.
All these accounts being tied to your email also means a lot more opportunities for you to get caught in a phishing attack - because you re entering your email password not just to access your email, but to access all sorts of other services as well.
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