u/kris10long

Does anyone know of a free email provider that requires only a password to login and use? I don't want my phone number associated with my email. I don't want to use facial recognition. I don't want to use a fingerprint scanner. I don't even want to have to use a second email for verification. Today I found myself locked out of an eemailI've been using for five decades and had to solve a literal puzzle, match photos, and then submit a second email to reset the password only for the system to tell me I can't use an existing password. This is getting out of hand and makes no sense to me. This fills more like a sneaky underhanded way to get more data and access to my information than it does a company trying to protect me.