Is authentication through mail clients safe when encryption is off?

When adding an account on a mail client, the SSL/TLS is usually turned off and the encryption method is ‘none’ (see Outlook example below).

Is the password safely sent through the internet when authenticating using the default settings?
I… Continue reading Is authentication through mail clients safe when encryption is off?

How can I verify the hash of the plain text without being able to decrypt the cipher text?

I am building an E2EE chat app where there is one asymmetric key pair per group and one asymmetric key pair per user. All messages in a group chat are encrypted with the group public key and decrypted with the group private key.
When Alice… Continue reading How can I verify the hash of the plain text without being able to decrypt the cipher text?

Security vs. User Experience – can this Process still be considered to provide proper End-to-End-Encryption?

I am banging my head about this for a while now and would appreciate opinions/different views.
tl;dr
There is a system that aims to provide full end-to-end encryption for information (text messages, blobs) exchanged through it. At the mome… Continue reading Security vs. User Experience – can this Process still be considered to provide proper End-to-End-Encryption?

Looking for high security; cloud based; file share, with access / location logging, and fine grain access control [closed]

My boss is looking for an escrow style solution to store files that are "classified", or have special/high-security access requirements.
His requirement list for this solution:

Cloud-Based – Google Drive / Azure (open to other p… Continue reading Looking for high security; cloud based; file share, with access / location logging, and fine grain access control [closed]

Is there a bank in the United States that uses email encryption with S-MIME or GPG? [closed]

We just founded a subsidiary in the United States. For this new legal entity, we also need a bank account.
With our bank account manager in Germany, we can encrypt our emails using the S-MIME protocol. This is quite convenient for everybod… Continue reading Is there a bank in the United States that uses email encryption with S-MIME or GPG? [closed]