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Apart from the discussion surrounding the crypto side of all this, one thing that ProtonMail has really succeeded in doing is making encrypted mail finally an a
by waffl 11y ago
Apart from the discussion surrounding the crypto side of all this, one thing that ProtonMail has really succeeded in doing is making encrypted mail finally an accessible thing to a non-technically inclined user.
I've spent well over a year trying to get my team to properly gpg encrypt sensitive files only to constantly find them sending plain unencrypted files over slack, dropbox and even simply gmail.
At least now, finally, they've found ProtonMail easy to use and are choosing to send files this way.
I think the key, unfortunate reality is that until the end user doesn't have to think about encryption, they aren't going to bother using it. Bringing usability to encryption is another huge part of the problem that needs to be considered as it is basically a guarantee that the typical user will take the path of least resistance.
- e12e 11y agoI'll say this, a service like this is great from the network effect alone. While I might not think it's secure, it'll allow me to set up a traditional email-client+gpg and send encrypted email to people. And it'll provide a way for people to migrate to secure email, at a later point. Much like I could for a brief moment actually talk to people over XMPP until Facebook and Google cut off the limited support they had for it. Most of those I talked to used the horrible web interface of Facebook/Google talk -- but I could use something that made sense. And I could even talk securely to some people on Facebook, as OTR worked fine over Facebook XMPP chat (while obviously breaking the web interface).