> Gmail seems like an obvious entry point ... but it would go against their business model (they could no longer mine your emails). A few ideas why google won'

> Gmail seems like an obvious entry point ... but it would go against their business model (they could no longer mine your emails). A few ideas why google won't mind encryption that much: http://www.reddit.com/r/tech/comments/278cze/google_launches_chrome_extension_endtoend_for/chyftx9 http://www.reddit.com/r/tech/comments/278cze/google_launches... > Is there any hope? TextSecure is already offering a secure communication service(that in my view could be a decent replacement for email). They will also release a browser extension in the future. Those(and the fact google's involved) are good signs for google's encryption project , at least technically. And assuming the technical infrastructure for easy encryption does exist, i can see some sort of hybrid model[1] becoming popular and/or mandated in some groups, and growing from there. [1]For example, textSecure/redPhone's model lets you send sms to everybody, but if it detects the other side has encryption , it encrypts it. There's also an easy to use method for out-of-band key verification.