8. Private Email

How to establish and use a private, encrypted email address for data security, protection of personally identifiable information (PII), ProtonMail, Tor Browser.

Learning objective: Establish a private and encrypted email address.

Most platforms and services require that you provide an email address to do basic things like sign up for an account or recover a password. You need to establish a new, private email address you can use to securely and privately manage crypto-currency transactions.

1. Open a new window in Tor Browser and navigate to https://protonmail.com/signup.

2. Select: FREE – Basic Service with limited features > Select Free Plan.

3. Choose a random user name, confirm that it is available and then copy it to the clipboard.

4. Open KeePassX and create a new entry. Paste your user name in the corresponding field and generate a random secure password. Copy that and return to the ProtonMail signup page. Paste the password into the password field. Make sure to leave the recovery email address blank.

5. Select Create Account.

6. Select the Complete CAPTCHA option. If there is no CAPTCHA option, start a new circuit in Tor and try again.

When the process is complete you will see your new email inbox, which is just like what you would see with any other webmail client.