There are a couple recent SwiftOnSecurity tweets about this I thought I'd share: "Your email address is your identity. We are talking the rest of your life. I’

There are a couple recent SwiftOnSecurity tweets about this I thought I'd share: "Your email address is your identity. We are talking the rest of your life. I’ve done custom hosting for 10 years. My first email host got acquired by a conglomerate. That has not been pleasant or confidence-instilling." "Need to remember, having your own domain means you need to stay financially capable at all times. You end up in hospital and bills lapse and domain scooped by a squatter? Get ready to start over in life like you’re 12. People do not appreciate what it means to have free email." I would like to believe I'm savvy and diligent to self-host my own email. Odds are I probably am. But the downside is colossal. One small fuckup on my part, and I lose access to my key to, basically, every institution I engage with. Irreversibly. Even if it never happens, the thought that it could would be a constantly pressing weight in my mind.