> You need to install software on your computer. Most e-mail providers are moving to the web, having to install a browser plugin just to send e-mail is not the

> You need to install software on your computer. Most e-mail providers are moving to the web, having to install a browser plugin just to send e-mail is not the experience we should strive for. I understand that this is means your e-mail provider can read your e-mail, so it won’t work for everyone. But I think most people will accept that the same way they accept that their bank can read their bank statement. If we can trade this for usability it’s still a HUGE step up for privacy. Yea we have that, it's called STARTTLS. If the keys arent only held by the user then there really isn't any end-to-end encryption. It's just the same as SSL.