Secure email account
I would like to set up a secure email account and wonder if you can point me in the right direction? When I search Google for secure email I get a long list of results, none of which do I know I can trust.
I'm currently using Gmail.
Any ideas?
I'm currently using Gmail.
Any ideas?
Paul MacDonald
Define "secure email account." What are your expectations?
Gmail should be just fine if you looking for TLS securing your emails. Gmail by default will also attempt TLS connectivity so the email will be secure while in transit the recipient.
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My expectations: Simple enough. If I send an email to someone I don't want them or the NSA to ever be able to tell it was from me.
"If I send an email to someone I don't want them or the NSA to ever be able to tell it was from me."
Can't be done, though I guess you could use an alias.
Can't be done, though I guess you could use an alias.
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You rock!!! Thank You!!!
Happy to help.
Here's a, recent year-old article (advertorial?) on Lavabit if you're interested in some backstory:
https://theintercept.com/2017/01/20/encrypted-email-service-once-used-by-edward-snowden-to-relaunch/
Lavabit is a US company and you can see how they were targeted by the US government. In the end, they handed over the encryption keys to their service due to subpoena:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131002/17443624734/lavabit-tried-giving-feds-its-ssl-key-11-pages-4-point-type-feds-complained-that-it-was-illegible.shtml
Because of this, if the NSA is a concern, you'd probably be better off using a non-US service (ex. protonmail).
Here's a, recent year-old article (advertorial?) on Lavabit if you're interested in some backstory:
https://theintercept.com/2017/01/20/encrypted-email-service-once-used-by-edward-snowden-to-relaunch/
Lavabit is a US company and you can see how they were targeted by the US government. In the end, they handed over the encryption keys to their service due to subpoena:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131002/17443624734/lavabit-tried-giving-feds-its-ssl-key-11-pages-4-point-type-feds-complained-that-it-was-illegible.shtml
Because of this, if the NSA is a concern, you'd probably be better off using a non-US service (ex. protonmail).
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The documentation I read is that protonmail is so encrypted that the employees couldn't unencrypt it even if they wanted to.