4 ms·
Ask HN: Why I don't use email encryption – do I have it wrong?
I don't use email encryption - I would like to.
Forgetting for a second that almost no one I know does either, my problem is:
I use email on my home computer(s) (via web browser but am amenable to using a client), mobile phone (native email app), and work computer (outlook for work email, browser for personal).
My problem with most of the email encryption solutions I've encountered is that I'm locked into using an email client (on my phone or computer) which means that I can't access my personal email via the browser (which means all day at work, random occasions traveling etc.) that's just a non starter for me - which makes it hard to proselytize to others that they should encrypt their mail. Am I missing something?
- tptacek 12y agoNope. Encrypting your mail makes it painful to get access to it sometimes. Even people who encrypt a lot of email don't encrypt everything.
- phantom_oracle 12y agoYou could try using something like mailbox.org, although you're then tied to you@mailbox.org for something that is 1 euro a month I think. It works in most browsers and it comes with encryption as a default. There should be other workarounds too, like maybe using your own webmail (risky as well).