Subj : Re: Anyone using PGP/GPG in here?
To   : Lizard King
From : Vk3jed
Date : Wed Nov 07 2018 01:47 pm

-=> On 11-05-18 15:45, Lizard King wrote to Vk3jed <=-

 LK> The other thing is that unless I'm missing something, you are trusting
 LK> the remote party to keep your private key secured, and the emails are
 LK> being decrypted on their server so you can view them (right?)  So
 LK> basically you don't know if your email is secure or not, you're taking
 LK> their word for it.

That depends where the decryption is happening - is it on the web server, or is
the ciphertext downloaded then decrypted by client side code?  In the latter
case, the private key stays on your machine.

 LK> That said, I would probably trust the people who run Protonmail more
 LK> than I trust Google with my data... but that ain't saying much.

Haha true. :)


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