[Hidden-tech] Favorite Secure Email Service- proton

[Sabine Merz]

Hi Christine,

Check out Proton.
It has worked quite well for me
https://protonmail.com/about

And while Signal is indeed not email it is great to use.
(It had had some hacking issues in the past.)

Some info
https://bit.ly/2Rn9t6e

All my best,
Sabine Merz


> On Apr 8, 2020, at 11:25 AM, Stephen Michel via Hidden-discuss <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:
> 
> Very short version: *Probably* the best thing is to use Signal, not email.
> 
> Short version: Email isn't secure. I can write (or better, link to) a longer explanation of why that's the case, but the bottom line is that it just wasn't built for privacy. You *can* build a secure system on top of email, by encrypting things before you send them through email using a different tool (pgp), and then decrypting them on the other end. But that's hard for most people to set up and still lacks a couple important security features (forward secrecy, metadata security). There's also providers like protonmail which add a *little* security. While acknowledging that something is better than nothing, there's still flaws in these systems and you shouldn't think you're getting strong security from using them.
> 
> Longer version (in a follow-up email): This question as it stands is impossible to answer well, bec ause security is a spectrum. Edward Snowden, the president, and you all have very different security needs. In order to arrive at a good answer, you need to figure out your security model.
> 
> - Who do you want privacy from? Random everyday people? Friends? An abusive ex/partner? The government? A hacker? For whoever it is, are they doing it en masse or targeting you specifically?
> - Who will you be communicating with? If it's an elderly parent/grandparent, you need something simple enough that they can use it. Otherwise, it doesn't matter how good the security is.
> - What information are you trying to protect? Is it just the contents of the conversation, or also the people you're talking to (eg, a whistleblower contacting a journalist needs this).
> 
> For most "regular" people, I think Signal is a pretty good fit, and that's why I recommended it given I know nothing about your use case.
> --
> I try to write short, functional emails.
> 
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 08:38, Christine Dutton via Hidden-discuss <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:
>> Hello Hidden Tech Folks:
>> Please recommend free favorite secure email services. 
>> Thank you!
>> Christine 
>> Christine Dutton
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