We're in an age where it's scary to lose access to an e-mail addresses or phone number are at the top of that list.
I don't mean to change it, I mean to lose access to it. If you change it, find a way to hold onto access to the last one.
I learned this lesson relatively easily. I had a vanity domain that also received my e-mail and I eventually replaced it with a different one. I ran the new domain and e-mail for a few years before allowing the domain registration on the old one to expire. I hadn't received (non-spam) e-mail on it in a couple years, seemed safe enough.
Turns out I've had a few websites over the year since that I wanted to login to and I needed to recover my password, either because I forgot or the site had forced a reset due to a breach. I hadn't updated my e-mail on a few of those sites.
I don't think I'll let go of a main e-mail address or phone number again.
I don't mean to change it, I mean to lose access to it. If you change it, find a way to hold onto access to the last one.
I learned this lesson relatively easily. I had a vanity domain that also received my e-mail and I eventually replaced it with a different one. I ran the new domain and e-mail for a few years before allowing the domain registration on the old one to expire. I hadn't received (non-spam) e-mail on it in a couple years, seemed safe enough.
Turns out I've had a few websites over the year since that I wanted to login to and I needed to recover my password, either because I forgot or the site had forced a reset due to a breach. I hadn't updated my e-mail on a few of those sites.
I don't think I'll let go of a main e-mail address or phone number again.