Definitely. ProtonMail is pretty legit. It is open source (at least the client) and seems to do full end to end encryption. The only problem with ProtonMail is that you don't have control over the private key that's generated. Also you have to trust (check the client throughly) to make sure your private key and the associated password are not being stored anywhere. I wish they would move to a default system like they have now, but allow for more nuanced key controls for those that would like it. Still it is pretty early and over the last year the clients (the web and now the iOS in beta client) have gotten better and better so maybe that's in the future.
On Wednesday, December 2, 2015, Bob Williams <li...@karmasailing.uk> wrote: > On 02/12/15 21:01, charlton.aus...@gmail.com <javascript:;> wrote: > > > > > > On 12/2/15 3:50 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote: > >> On 12/02/15 14:51, Stephen wrote: > >>> If anything, it is the market for stand-alone mail clients that is > >>> diminishing. Webmail is accessible from any computer with a reasonably > >>> modern web-browser. This is probably how a large majority now use > >>> e-mail. Most people cannot be bothered with the effort needed to > >>> configure a mail user agent. > >> > >> You make a good point. Except that it should be "any computer or mobile > >> device with a reasonably modern web browser". And always with the > >> caveat that it means entrusting the storage and security of your email > >> communications to someone else who may not necessarily have an interest > >> in keeping it as secure as you would like. > > > > I'd love to see an open source project that address exactly this issue. > > Maybe a web client that allows you to use a smart card to encrypt, > > decrypt, and sign messages. Obviously it would have to be open source > > and there are some serious security issues to overcome, but it would be > > nice to have more access to my encrypted messages. Also the economics > > would be hard. Who wants to pay for an email service when you can get it > > for "free"? > > > Have you looked at ProtonMail? https://protonmail.com/ > > -- > Bob Williams > System: Linux 4.1.12-1-default > Distro: openSUSE 42.1 (x86_64) with KDE Development Platform: 4.14.10 > > -- Respectfully, Charlton Austin
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