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The One Account You’re Probably Overlooking (It’s Not Your Bank)
January 19, 2026

One small step that protects almost everything else you own online
There’s one account that, if someone gets into it, they can reset almost everything else you own online. Your email. Most people think about protecting their bank, their social media, their phone. But your email is the master key. If it gets compromised, it doesn’t matter how strong the passwords are on everything else.
This isn’t meant to scare you. It’s meant to give you a very clear starting point. If you’re going to do one thing today, this is it.
I wrote about this on Substack, including what protecting your email actually looks like in plain terms. No jargon, just the three things that matter most.
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