Part of the beauty of Spike is that it’s built right on top of your existing email. We ask you to log in with your email account in order to enable you to send and receive emails via Spike. Spike does not store passwords for accounts that support OAuth, such as Gmail. Your Spike account is also protected by the same security protocols that protect your Gmail, Outlook, or IMAP email account. Accounts from email providers that don’t support OAuth are protected with AES-256 encryption.