I am going to start a new project in this new year and for that I want a new email address. I am going to try and bootstrap this project starting from scratch as far as resources go. The one thing that I am going to allow myself is a browser and internet. Well, and an android phone because I really can't see starting out the new year without two factor authentication. OK, off we go. To begin with, there are many different places to get email. I am going to start with ProtonMail because they have a free tier and the email is encrypted:
1) Browse to https://protonmail.com/
2) Click <sign up> in the top right:
3) Choose the Free Tier
5) Enter your new email address, set your password, and click on <create account> in the bottom right
6) Because I am climbing out on a branch and cutting it off behind myself I am not going to add a recovery email address. Therefore I will be unable to read my mail if I lose my password, and that requires a confirmation:
OK! Now we have a new email address, but I demand two-factor authentication! (and you should too) That is easy as well:
1) Click <settings> in the top middle, <security> on the left menu, and <enable two-factor authentication> at the top
4) Type in your current password and the authentication code generated by your app and click <submit>:
Email is a good start, but next time let's get some cloud resources to play with.
(I actually created this post on 1/2/2021, but I back dated it so that I can have one post every day this year.)