Subj : another encrypted email solution
To   : Arelor
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Apr 15 2021 10:03:00

Hello Arelor!

** On Thursday 15.04.21 - 03:36, Arelor wrote to August Abolins:

 >> https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/desktop-clients/

 A> I have a Tutanota account, which I created back in the day
 A> when they allowed it to be created anonymously over Tor. It
 A> is getting increasingly hard to createanonymous accounts in
 A> communication services.

Good ol' Tor.

 A> Basically you can encrypt any message to anybody using a
 A> password or a security question, then send it. When the
 A> recipient opens it, they get redirected to Startmail's
 A> website where they can read the message using the password
 A> or security answer.

Sounds like how Protonmail works. I have a Protonmail email  
account too, but no one to play with.  :(

Tutanota seems a little different because it offers a desktop  
app to operate and is not just limited to a webby interface like  
Protonmail, for the desktop.  But I like the idea of  
"portability" with using the webby interface when I am at  
another pc.

 A> What this means is that you can send somehow-secure messages
 A> to computer illiterate people as long as you care to give
 A> them the password offband. They can also use the service to
 A> send you encrypted responses without the need to install a
 A> thing.

But it is still a bit too easy for the computer illiterate  
people to accidentally disclose content.

This article has a nice comparison chart across the different  
comms programs.

https://protonmail.com/blog/whatsapp-alternatives

 A> I can send you a testing email for you to try it if you want.

No need.  I think our PGP/GPG solution is quite good.

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