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Message   August Abolins    Arelor   another encrypted email solution   April 15, 2021
 5:33 PM *  

Hello Arelor!

** On Thursday 15.04.21 - 03:36, Arelor wrote to me:

 A> I have a Tutanota account, which I created back in the day
 A> when they allowed it to be created anonymously over Tor. It
 A> is getting increasingly hard to create anonymous accounts in
 A> communication services.

I was reading up a bit more on their system, and they claim to  
strip the IP address from the emails.  So, even if you couldn't  
use Tor, you could still trust Tutanota wrt the IP stripping?

 A> They work ok. I think their non-web clients don't support
 A> Tor, which is a big drawback.

I would have liked something like for my Blackberry, but the app  
fails to install.  I had Protonmail work fine though, but one of  
the last GooglePlay upgrates installed a new version and that  
broke Protonmail.

 A> Currently I am using Startmail as my main provider. THey
 A> support OpenPGP encryption server side, so you have to trust
 A> their service if you want to use it (or run your own OpenPGP
 A> client side).

Even at $60/yr, I think it's too much - for me.   Ah.. but you  
dabble in the dark areas of the web, so maybe some extra  
assurances are good.

 A> The cool features they provide, however, is that they allow
 A> the creation of unlimited disposable addresses - which you
 A> can create for registering to disreputable websites) and
 A> simple message encryption for mere mortals. I like this one.

Do you use the disposable emails a lot?  I would rather stay  
away from dubious websites in the first place.

 A> Basically you can encrypt any message to anybody using a
 A> password or a security question, then send it. ..

 A> ..They can also use the service to send you encrypted
 A> responses without the need to install a thing.

Protonmail works the same way. The only drawback I find is that  
it requires a live connection to edit a reply.  I think an  
offline option is much better.  I like my Thunderbird + pgp/gpg  
solution, but the only drawback is that I can only use that  
primarily from one pc.

 A> I can send you a testing email for you to try it if you want.

On second thought, sure.. likewise, I'll send you a protonmail  
message so that you have my email on file, if you like.  The  
only challenge might be creating the password so that you can  
"figure it out".  I'll see what I can do.

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