Email encryption on Android and iOS becomes easy with the open source app Tutanota
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Re: Email encryption on Android and iOS becomes easy with the open source app Tutanota
#2So, one can only send encrypted mails to other users of the platform?
http://tutanota.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/470724-...
Re: Email encryption on Android and iOS becomes easy with the open source app Tutanota
#3So, one can only send encrypted mails to other users of the platform? http://tutanota.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/470724-...
No, it works with anybody:
http://tutanota.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/470795-...
Re: Email encryption on Android and iOS becomes easy with the open source app Tutanota
#4So, one can only send encrypted mails to other users of the platform? http://tutanota.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/470724-...
That link only talks about pgp/gpg, but yeah - their solution (haven't figured out the whole thing yet) seems to be "Send everything to our servers, others can get it from there using our app (or a web application)".
No gpg/pgp relation. No IMAP support¹. They do support SMTP if
a) the recipient is not on the same platform
b) you're sending an unencrypted mail (only possible to external users anyway)
If you send an encrypted mail to an external user, they basically just get a link or something. "View the real mail here"?
I believe the intentions are good, but that's trying to solve the problem by killing off most things I require for my mails, unfortunately.
①: http://tutanota.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/470761-...
Re: Email encryption on Android and iOS becomes easy with the open source app Tutanota
#5This will never work. I'm more enthusiastic about DIME.[1]
I think SMTP will not (and cannot) ever be replaced. But if there will be DIME support in Postfix and Thunderbird, I can give it a chance.
Re: Email encryption on Android and iOS becomes easy with the open source app Tutanota
#6The NSA Planned to Hijack Google App Store to Hack Smartphones [1]
Given that software updates are automatic (unless you manually turn them off etc), how can you trust an app if you can't trust the platform?
1. https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/21/nsa-five-eyes-...
Re: Email encryption on Android and iOS becomes easy with the open source app Tutanota
#7This will never work. I'm more enthusiastic about DIME.[1] I think SMTP will not (and cannot) ever be replaced. But if there will be DIME support in Postfix and Thunderbird, I can give it a chance. [1] https://darkmail.info/
For submission, there's RFC 4468.
Re: Email encryption on Android and iOS becomes easy with the open source app Tutanota
#8So, one can only send encrypted mails to other users of the platform? http://tutanota.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/470724-...
No, it works with anybody: http://tutanota.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/470795-...
Yeah, it emails a link to the third party to use their website to read the email.
And you have to pre-share a password.
It basically takes a dump on every standard we already have.
Re: Email encryption on Android and iOS becomes easy with the open source app Tutanota
#9Slightly OT, but what's the likelihood of Apple/Google integrating PGP natively into the OS? I know iPhone has S/MINE - but is PGP too much to ask?
Re: Email encryption on Android and iOS becomes easy with the open source app Tutanota
#10I have to be honest, I have given up on pgp. From what I know there is no way to have encrypted communications between more than two people. So why even bother pursuing the dream of everyone using it if there is such a roadblock in the way of common communication habits.