Blaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 9 days agoGmail unveils end-to-end encrypted messages. Only thing is: It’s not true E2EE. (Reminder to use either Proton or Tuta, or PGP on other mail providers)arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down10cross-posted to: BuyFromEU
arrow-up1154arrow-down1external-linkGmail unveils end-to-end encrypted messages. Only thing is: It’s not true E2EE. (Reminder to use either Proton or Tuta, or PGP on other mail providers)arstechnica.comBlaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: BuyFromEU
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up13·8 days agoPGP and implementations based on it are the only secure option. Anything that is a web app is inherently insecure. Thunderbird supports it on both desktop and mobile.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-27 days agoIf you cant afford to leave any metadata, you cant use server based systems and need to use minimalistic P2P stuff instead. Like Briar for example.
minus-squareLaser@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoWhen it comes to the discussion of securing email with PGP (in practice GPG), I always refer to this article: https://www.latacora.com/blog/2019/07/16/the-pgp-problem/ which explains the issue quite well.
PGP and implementations based on it are the only secure option. Anything that is a web app is inherently insecure. Thunderbird supports it on both desktop and mobile.
How does PGP protect email metadata?
If you cant afford to leave any metadata, you cant use server based systems and need to use minimalistic P2P stuff instead. Like Briar for example.
When it comes to the discussion of securing email with PGP (in practice GPG), I always refer to this article: https://www.latacora.com/blog/2019/07/16/the-pgp-problem/ which explains the issue quite well.