GhostMail stops providing secure comms to individual users

Encrypted email, chat and storage service GhostMail will no longer provide its services to individual users. Instead, it will concentrate on the enterprise market. In an email sent to users and note prominently displayed on its website’s web page, the company explained that “the world has changed for the worse” and that they “do not want to take the risk of supplying our extremely secure service to the wrong people.” “In general, we believe strongly … More Continue reading GhostMail stops providing secure comms to individual users

Cannot understand supposed ProtonMail vulnerability from wired.com article

Currently I’m reading an article about ProtonMail here and I don’t understand it.

Now let’s address ProtonMail’s weaknesses. One of the big issues is
that it isn’t easy to know whether a message sent to another
ProtonMail user is b… Continue reading Cannot understand supposed ProtonMail vulnerability from wired.com article

ProtonMail: Wouldn’t it be better if each user had their own private key?

ProtonMail keeps the encrypted private keys of all their users on their servers. The mailbox password, which is known only to the user, decrypts the private key of that user.

Would it not actually be better if each user had control of the… Continue reading ProtonMail: Wouldn’t it be better if each user had their own private key?

5 Things Google has Done for Gmail Privacy and Security

Over the past few years, Google has increasingly improved the online security and protections of its Gmail users.

Besides two-factor authentication and HTTPS, Google has added new tools and features to Gmail that ensures users security and privacy, … Continue reading 5 Things Google has Done for Gmail Privacy and Security

The Best Way to Send and Receive End-to-End Encrypted Emails

How many of you know the fact that your daily e-mails are passaged through a deep espionage filter?

This was unknown until the whistleblower Edward Snowden broke all the surveillance secrets, which made privacy and security important for all Interne… Continue reading The Best Way to Send and Receive End-to-End Encrypted Emails