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GMail and other webmail providers just need to add this and make it a configurable option in the settings. Heck, even Outlook should give the users this option
by kamjam 15y ago
GMail and other webmail providers just need to add this and make it a configurable option in the settings. Heck, even Outlook should give the users this option via some wizard (they seem to have one for everything else!). Totally agree that this needs to be as invisible as possible. When I first set up PGP in Thunderbird a few years back it was quite a bit of flaffing about, add to that the fact that your key reside on any one of a million servers...
The cynic in me says it's been done in this way on purpose, i mean, don't want to make the feds actually do any work to be able to snoop around my emails.
- gravitronic 15y agoGMail is open about the fact that it mines your emails for your advertising profile. Encrypting the data for you would result in reduced value proposition for them. Not going to happen.
- kamjam 15y agoAhhh, yes, that is very true! Time to crank up Thunderbird Portable again :)
- tjoff 15y agoNo. Google would of course be able to decrypt the content (I don't see how they would adopt it otherwise in this universe, google must comply if they get a warrant and they are not willing to fight that), thing is only google would be able to and noone else. And that alone is a huge win.