I use exwm (emacs) as my windows manager, rcirc as my irc client, eww as my browser, gnus for email, magit for git, tramp for remote control. All of these tools

I use exwm (emacs) as my windows manager, rcirc as my irc client, eww as my browser, gnus for email, magit for git, tramp for remote control. All of these tools make use of TLS. Honestly, I literally live my life on a computer. If you do it to the extreme that I do then you will find that customizing your experience becomes important. Emacs is designed from the ground up for customizability.