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akholast Wednesday at 5:52 AM1 replyview on HN

e2ee prevents account recovery.


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prophesilast Wednesday at 6:05 PM

People have found decent solutions for that. Proton's is essentially a backup password/phrase or a file you keep safe. Not as simple as a magic link, and could still lose your backup phrase/file, but alas. Security is always a compromise on convenience.

[0] https://proton.me/blog/data-recovery-end-to-end-encryption