Answer by Doug S. for Is email encryption practical enough?
Another option is Voltage SecureMail. It uses Voltage IBE (Identity Based Encryption), which is considered the next generation of PKI that doesn't require certificates for the public key...just an...
View ArticleAnswer by Shane for Is email encryption practical enough?
One other thing to add to everyone else - if an endpoint is compromised, all bets are off.For example, if you send an encrypted email using a perfect encryption scheme to a friend, but your friend uses...
View ArticleAnswer by Dimitri C. for Is email encryption practical enough?
The main problem is that you've got to convince your correspondents to use the same encryption scheme. This is quite impossible, as no one wants to put effort in enhanced privacy. My guess is that...
View ArticleAnswer by Ilari Kajaste for Is email encryption practical enough?
Very unfortunately: No.Mail encryption usually means public key encryption. This involves the recipient to have a public key published somewhere - this can be used to encrypt emails. That key then has...
View ArticleAnswer by s4y for Is email encryption practical enough?
In my opinion, S/MIME is, at the moment, more practical than PGP because its trust model is more clearly defined, because it's already supported by popular email clients, and because key distribution...
View ArticleAnswer by Michael Kohne for Is email encryption practical enough?
In my mind there's not enough people using e-mail encryption to make it usable except in special circumstances (or certain groups of people). Signing your e-mails, on the other hand, doesn't come with...
View ArticleAnswer by Joshua Nurczyk for Is email encryption practical enough?
I agree with Molly above but have a lot to add. PGP (or GPG if you want something freeware) is very easy to use, and works with many standalone mail clients. That said, it won't work with email that...
View ArticleAnswer by DGivens for Is email encryption practical enough?
I disagree concerning the practicality simply because in order for the message to remain secure, the recipient must be using a secure email system and the transmission between email servers would also...
View ArticleAnswer by Molly7244 for Is email encryption practical enough?
Yes, it is practical (PGP is not arcane science), and it is recommended. And of course you are still able to send and receive unencrypted emails.And if you're looking a free secure web-based email...
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All emails I have ever sent were sent as plain text. Like postcards, everybody on the way to the addressee could easily read and store them. This worries me. I know privacy is something of the past,...
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