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    <p>I don't know your situation.  But as a user I've just about had
      it to here with "secure" email solutions.  They are always a
      headache and always cause me to do all kinds of not secure things
      in order to use them.  You may not be in a position to do so, but
      if you can, I hope you would consider just how much security is
      really necessary.  For example, I really do NOT want to get my
      health care stuff on some kind of "Secure" email.  The likelihood
      of something going astray is small and inconsequential.  Banking
      information though, I understand.  I also understand that health
      care providers are working within HIPPA requirements and that
      other people have circumstances, abusive relationships and so on
      that necessitate security.</p>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/8/2020 11:25 AM, Stephen Michel
      via Hidden-discuss wrote:<br>
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          <div>Very short version: *Probably* the best thing is to use
            Signal, not email.</div>
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          <div>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.</div>
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          <div>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.</div>
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          <div>- 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?</div>
          <div>- 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.<br>
            - 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).</div>
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          <div>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.</div>
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      <div id="geary-sig nature" dir="auto">--<br>
        I try to write short, functional emails.</div>
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        On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 08:38, Christine Dutton via
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            <div>Please recommend free favorite secure email services. </div>
            <div>Thank you!</div>
            <div>Christine <br clear="all">
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