What are your thoughts on encrypted e-mail services? Are you familiar with any of them?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 15:35:50 -0500

https://hacked.com/making-encrypted-email-usable/

When Edward Snowden reached out to Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras he insisted they use specific encryption methods. The two journalists required quite a bit of assistance from Micah Lee in order to communicate safely using Pretty Good Privacy, an email encryption standard which has been around twenty years. The dance required is simply too …

Response by Capt Richard I P. made Feb 9 at 2016 3:45 PM

Capt Richard I P. — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 15:45:23 -0500

The only encryption I'm familiar with as a user was what we used in the military, the CAC, the SIPR token and the identity files on JWICS. I'd like to learn more about the options available in the civilian world. Good topic!

There's a reason people use envelopes, not just postcards, right?

Response by Capt Richard I P. made Feb 9 at 2016 10:39 PM

Capt Richard I P. — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 22:39:00 -0500

SGT Private RallyPoint Member Careful now, evidently the White House doesn't consider encryption important enough to mention in an internet security press release.

http://boingboing.net/2016/02/09/in-cybersecurity-national-acti.html

In promoting Cybersecurity National Action Plan, White House conspicuously fails to mention...

Response by PFC Michael Robert Lawrence made Feb 9 at 2016 11:41 PM

PFC Michael Robert Lawrence — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 23:41:15 -0500

Protonmail definitely easy to use and it's swiss... A cold day in hell before your email is going to be cracked by any legal means CONUS .. however it's pgp and also trivial to setup. However for nontechnical people seamless & transparent.
Soon may support pki also.

Gmail Cacert.org free trusted by even SOE, now Daybreak. Volenter staffed.
4096 bit keys, however if you become an assured you can get 1 year keys with some insurance? On them. However 6 months is quite fine actually probably better. However less convinate.
Can get a server/domain key setup local enterprise CA , make up to 10k pki keys if especially paranoid.
For secret/classified/top secret (Corporation , US-G if say sensitive or confidential, secret is pushing) and less it will sufice, esp small business data is plenty fine. Top Secret projects less a government contractor, the closing of the deal will make it secret or sensative in 6-12 months time.
and or g-apps ie michaellawrenceit.com , and outlook or thunderbird also works.
Google apps has a number or transparent apps and or need to know addons for onetime transparent encyption and download links. Good for some personal documents ie SSN card to hr.
However, zix or other Google apps , can make encyption forced, transparent to end users. Even high enough for Many US Government encyption compliant. Ie HIPPA.

Pgp as well via a few browser hacks ie chrome or Firefox, but thunderbird and pgp plugin's have been reliable for years.

However their not quite as mobility friendly.

K9 mail has many plug-ins... for android
Better html sig's etc so I hear. Last time gave it a go, however phoned Fs was filling up, flaking out, and had to reset it. Just haven't had chance for full test.

Response by SSG Diane R. made Dec 10 at 2017 9:24 AM

SSG Diane R. — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 09:24:37 -0500

I have set up businesses using Rackspace, which has a pretty good spam feature filter as well.