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Yes, Lavabit would have trouble standing up to LEAs, but Gmail offers no security, other than what users provide (using GnuPGP / keys, etc.). But going to trouble or paying for something that only gives false sense of security may be pointless, depending. I'm not trading national secrets or dealing illegal goods, so my security needs are fairly low. 'You are judged by the company you keep.'īut, you must trust 3rd parties like jumbleme. I've gotten into disagreements w/ close, life long friends that keep sending links & articles about this or that security agency being investigated for wrong doing, whistle blower activities or websites, articles about militants in foreign nations, that I don't want my address flagged as receiving stuff w/ all sorts of buzz words / phrases / watched websites, that might indicate interest in some subversive activity. Even saving typed text, URLs, quotes to a text file & encrypting it w/ something like 7Zip, then attaching to email is 'too much trouble' for most. (Jumbleme isn't accepting new customers). Though, some systems like jumbleme don't require much on the part of recipients replying in encrypted form. My biggest problem is convincing people to use any system. Yes, that's sort of how public / private keys work, but setting it up & using it is over the heads of many friends, family. It would be nice if there was a way (like sender / recipient both had specific software) that would automatically encrypt / decrypt, when sending / receiving. Yes, I'm aware of using my own encryption, public & private keys, but few of my friends / acquaintances are keen on 'going to that trouble.' If I send any secret formulas, I will encrypt it. That's fine as far as it goes, but technically (though unlikely) they could read your mail once it's decrypted. Unless they also had your PW, they couldn't read the stored, encrypted email.

The only real benefit I see of that type of email encryption, is if someone hacks their servers.

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Unless the provider had you install software on your device, it would have to be decrypted & downloaded just like any other (modern) email provider. Once your client transmits the acct PW, I assume the mail is 1st decrypted & then transmitted to you, using SSL / TLS connection? What about using POP / IMAP with similar services to d/l mail that's encrypted WHILE it's on their server. For email providers like Lavabit, which offer 'on server encryption', where the encryption algorithm is based on your PW, is all the email decrypted when you log in?