email

[area51]

which outfits do you guys use for personal email ? Yahoo ? Gmail ? Apple ?

Would really like to use an email service where I can encrypt my entire mailbox using pgp

[AreWeFree]

Your mailbox wont be encrypted though.
pgp encrypts individual messages with the senders public key, while others use your public key to send encrypted messages to you.

There is no guarantee every message you receive will be encrypted and the people you communicate with will likely not buy in to this, which is why it's not in widespread use.

It's best to use a mail application if you're truly concerned about privacy, although I think you can use a browser plugin to work with webmail. For the most part though you're pretty much wasting your time.

[ocabj]

You don't encrypt your mailbox with pgp. You encrypt messages with pgp.

That being said, I use Google Mail to MX my personal domain email now. It's easier for me if I switch web hosting providers for my domain. Keeps my email online even though I move my website.

[area51]

https://www.protonmail.com

looks really nice...

and this...

https://mailbox.org/en/

mailbox.org does allow you to encrypt your mailbox using pgp

[ocabj]

https://mailbox.org/en/

mailbox.org does allow you to encrypt your mailbox using pgp

https://mailbox.org/en/doodle-video-explains-fully-encrypted-mailbox/

Not a white paper, but they're encrypting each message as it comes in, not the entire mailbox. Decrypting and encrypting your entire mailbox file every time a messages is received or you access your mailbox (e.g. IMAP) would be too much overhead.

[AreWeFree]

https://mailbox.org/en/doodle-video-...ypted-mailbox/

Not a white paper, but they're encrypting each message as it comes in, not the entire mailbox. Decrypting and encrypting your entire mailbox file every time a messages is received or you access your mailbox (e.g. IMAP) would be too much overhead.

lol that service is a joke

[area51]

https://mailbox.org/en/doodle-video-...ypted-mailbox/

Not a white paper, but they're encrypting each message as it comes in, not the entire mailbox. Decrypting and encrypting your entire mailbox file every time a messages is received or you access your mailbox (e.g. IMAP) would be too much overhead.

so whats your take on proton mail ?

[Cowboy T]

which outfits do you guys use for personal email ? Yahoo ? Gmail ? Apple ?

Would really like to use an email service where I can encrypt my entire mailbox using pgp

The only effective way to do that is to run your own email server and encrypt either your home directory, or even better, the entire email server. If this is an option for you, I would suggest Linux with LUKS whole-disk encryption. It's now very easy to set up this encryption with CentOS 7 during installation.

[2DoorImpala]

PGP keys FTW

[2shotjoe]

yahoo=hundreds of spam a day
gmail=nothing.

[Cyberion]

so whats your take on proton mail ?

If you wish to avoid the snooping eyes of Google, Yahoo, and Facebook then almost any other provider will be an improvement. I'm sure you understand that any illegal behavior will be found out no matter how "secure" your email might be. But if you want to raise the bar and attempt to operate with some privacy from the marketing gods than protonmail looks fine.

But here's an article that shows it's not always fine. To my point, any motivated attacker with skills and time can find a way to defeat a web server.

http://www.wired.com/2015/10/mr-robot-uses-protonmail-still-isnt-fully-secure/

I've also heard of another secure email service called Clintonmail.com But I've not checked it out yet.