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In Plain English how to use and secure encryiption on all ougoing emails please

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Paul Burns

In Plain English how to use and secure encryption on all outgoing emails please and whether or not to use this great advantage. Many thanks to all those who contribute to this work, PB

In Plain English how to use and secure encryption on all outgoing emails please and whether or not to use this great advantage. Many thanks to all those who contribute to this work, PB

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The first thing is to get the public keys from all your recipients. That is very difficult to do because few people have keys, few people care to make the effort to learn about encryption and get their own keys, and understanding encryption is difficult for many people.

If you want other people to encrypt messages to you, you will have to get your own public and private keys, give all your senders your public key, and ask them to encrypt their messages to you. That is also very difficult to do because, as I said, few people care to learn enough about encryption to do that and understanding encryption is difficult for many people.

Here is an excellent description of the issues involved in e-mail encryption. You may be able to decide better whether or not to use it after reading it. https://www.fastmail.com/blog/email-encryption/

Some people seem content when using an e-mail service provider that offers encryption such as Proton and Tuta. I don't know why they are content because the same challenges cited above stil exist unless all correspondents are also using an e-mail service provider that offers encryption.

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