From fd2edeca0ac1d9193484efc326cb25667fdfc975 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: LABB Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2020 04:49:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fixes some typos and updates a few service names on pages/providers/email.html (#2080) --- pages/providers/email.html | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/pages/providers/email.html b/pages/providers/email.html index 3fb50be1..ac9a6f64 100644 --- a/pages/providers/email.html +++ b/pages/providers/email.html @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ description: "Find a secure email provider that will keep your privacy in mind.

End-to-end encryption (E2EE) is a way of encrypting email contents so that nobody but the recipient(s) can read the email message.

How can I encrypt my email?

The standard way to do email E2EE and have it work between different email providers is with OpenPGP. There are different implementations of the OpenPGP standard, the most common being GnuPG and OpenPGP.js.

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There is another standard that was popular with business called S/MIME, however it requires a certificate issued from a Certificate Authority (not all of them issue S/MIME certificates). It has support in G Suite Enterprise/Education and Office 365 Business or Exchange Server 2016, 2019.

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There is another standard that was popular with business called S/MIME, however it requires a certificate issued from a Certificate Authority (not all of them issue S/MIME certificates). It has support in Google Workplace and Outlook for Web or Exchange Server 2016, 2019.

What software can I use to get E2EE?

Email providers which allow you to use standard access protocols like IMAP and SMTP can be used with any of the email clients we recommend. This can be less secure as you are now relying on email providers to ensure that their encryption implementation works and has not been compromised in anyway.

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Where is the email metadata?

Email metadata is stored in the message header of the email message.

Why can't email metadata be E2EE?

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Email metadata is is cruicial to the most basic functionality of email (where it came from, and where it has to go). E2EE was not built into the email protocols originally and is also optional, therefore, only the message content is protected.

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Email metadata is crucial to the most basic functionality of email (where it came from, and where it has to go). E2EE was not built into the email protocols originally and is also optional, therefore, only the message content is protected.

How is my metadata protected?

When emails travel between email providers an encrypted connection is negotiated using Opportunistic TLS. This protects the metadata from outside observers, but as it is not E2EE, server administrators can snoop on the metadata of an email.