Re: thunderbird
On 01-06-2021 18:10, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Lu, 31 mai 21, 08:48:48, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
>> On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 08:55:32PM +0000, ghe2001 wrote:
>> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>> > Hash: SHA256
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
>> > On Sunday, May 30, 2021 2:24 PM, Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > >... (snip)
>> >
>> > Look into ProtonMail. Web based,
>> ^^^^^^^^^
>> This would disqualify it for me, 100%. AFAIK, the OP was
>> asking for a MUA anyway, not for a web service.
>
> Yes, it's off-topic for this thread, but...
>
>> > ... slow sometimes (they're in Switzerland), but PGP encryption if possible,
>>
>>
>> How does "web based" and PGP go together, anyway? Web based
>> means mail handling (and thus encryption/signing) is done
>> on other people's computers.
>>
>> This means your private keys are on other people's computers.
>
> Yes.
>
>> > ...and free. Works, too.
>>
>> As in free beer or as in free speech?
>
> The service is free as in beer for the basic limited account.
If we're looking at this sort of thing, you might like to take a look at
tutanota, also.
https://tutanota.com/
Cheers!
Harry.
>
> They are publishing most (all?) their software under free licenses,
> including the JavaScript handling the encryption part in the web
> interface.
>
>> No. Just... no.
>
> Their target audience is different.
>
> As far as I can tell it's the most usable out-of-the box encrypted email
> (including at rest) I know of, if one is willing to trust them not to
> brute-force your GPG key passphrase.
>
> Mails between ProtonMail subscribers are encrypted by default, from
> browser to browser (or the IMAP gateway for paid subscriptions).
>
> For non-subscribers there is the option to encrypt messages with a
> password. Instead of the full message the other party receives a link to
> a webinterface they can use to read and reply to the message.
>
> Additionally, there are no ads, unless you count the occasional (once
> per month?) message with latest updates (including new functionality,
> like the calendar) and the "Upgrade to a paid account" buttons in the
> webinterface.
>
> For me it is definitely an upgrade to Gmail for stuff I want to keep
> away from Google and it gives me the option to communicate reasonably
> secure with non-technical users.
>
> Kind regards,
> Andrei
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