In many cases, end-to-end encrypted email doesn't benefit you and can be worse than not having it at all.
  • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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    22 days ago

    Which kind of software and end to end encryption solution is this referring to? PGP or something? Because then every single argument would be wrong. Except for searching body text via the server.

    • kookiburra@programming.devOPEnglish
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      22 days ago

      Not PGP (see footnote in article). PGP is actual E2EE. Rather this is about services such as ProtonMail that don’t make the difference clear enough

      • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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        22 days ago

        Yeah, the article also doesn’t make it clear enough what it’s even talking about…

        I found a description of Proton Mail’s e2ee: https://proton.me/blog/what-is-end-to-end-encryption

        Seems it’s using PGP behind the scenes?! And sending unencrypted mails to everyone who isn’t using Proton or PGP… How is that handled in the UI? Is that transparent to the user once encryption gets turned off? Because then I don’t see any issue. Yeah, they also offer regular mail. But that’s not a crime. It’d be of concern if the UI misleads the user into thinking a mail is encrypted when it isn’t.