[liberationtech] pgp and e-mail resources?

[Graham Webster]

Dear everyone,

I may or may not have posted here before, but I appreciate the expertise and careful thought of this community. I write because some colleagues, friends, and others have asked me over the last few years how to send and receive e-mail securely.

Let's assume correspondents can't assume their counterparts will be connecting to mail servers with SSL.

A google search will tell anyone that there are options for more secure e-mail. Is there any consensus, or (even more interestingly for this community) are there competing ideas of how best to make e-mail secure?

I'm thinking of opinions of which GUI options are best, or of what less easy procedures might provide good security. Obviously PGP comes to mind.

I have installed and only very occasionally used GPGMail for Apple Mail, but personally have no way to evaluate its security. I wonder if the list has ideas of well-maintained guides to show people, or other e-mail security.

Best,
Graham Webster


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Graham Webster
Ph.D. Student
Department of Political Science
University of Washington
http://gwbstr.com