Other tips on backups and phone/pc resets noted.
2. I use firefox with cookie cleaner add-on that clears cookies the second I close the tab.
3. I have a paper copy of the account details and I am 100% sure of my recovery email. I got a Yubi key recently and plan to use that and authenticators on all my accounts.
"Because I've been warned by security conscious people never to use phone number as a 2FA because it's so insecure, and using it as a recovery option seems to create an even weaker link.". I happened to read so many articles in the recent past of SIM Swapping, that I was afraid to use my cellphone number as 2FA and removed it from my gmail account. What with Google being evil and all
A couple of days back, after I logged in to my gmail account, a security message flashed that someone had logged into my account and I was prompted to change the password or confirm that it was me who logged in. This was during a time when I had to replace my fried router twice within the span of 2 days (one that I rented immediately from my internet service provider on the same day my router...
The apartment has a circuit breaker (which tripped) and I have a surge protector as well.
Did some research and read that a Surge protector with "Catastrophic Event protection" feature would have helped. This feature fries the surge protector instead of the equipment connected to it. A note from the mfr of the product I am considering buying: "most surge suppressors continue to let power through even after circuits have been damaged, leaving your equipment exposed to other damaging surges." The surge protector I have does mention that power will pass thru it, if power surge is more than what the suppressor can handle. HTH.