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Lavaboom - Free secure email for everyone. Bringing GnuPG/PGP to the web browser. Making end-to-end encryption easier to use. End-to-end - End-To-End. End-To-End is a Chrome extension that helps you encrypt, decrypt, digital sign, and verify signed messages within the browser using OpenPGP.

end-to-end - End-To-End

This is the source code for the alpha release of the End-To-End Chrome extension. It's built upon a newly developed, JavaScript-based crypto library. End-To-End implements the OpenPGP standard, IETF RFC 4880, enabling key generation, encryption, decryption, digital signature, and signature verification. We’re releasing this code to enable community review; it is not yet ready for general use. For more background, please see our blog post. Since this is source, I could just build this and submit it to the Chrome Web Store Please don’t do this. The End-To-End team takes its responsibility to provide solid crypto very seriously, and we don’t want at-risk groups that may not be technically sophisticated — journalists, human-rights workers, et al — to rely on End-To-End until we feel it’s ready.

No. Only the body of the message. Not at the moment. Cr-gpg - extension to bring gpg into gmail ( Thoughts...: Chrome Extension for gpg in Gmail. .

Thoughts...: Chrome Extension for gpg in Gmail

This is a simple Chrome extension to enable gpg functionality in gmail (or Apps for Domains). (If you don't know what gpg is, you should first read Installation : You can grab the extension from [here] and a double click should install it , after the install is completed you should see the image above if you navigate to : Options : Once you have installed the plugin, there are 2 required configuration options: 1) Directory with gpg binary 2) Temp folder path (writable by the browser) (cr-gpg simply calls out to the gpg installation on your machine. The "Encrypt to self" option is fairly self explanatory. Now click "Save" to save these options. The other convenience functions enabled through the lock icon allow you to do simple gpg key management, encrypt and sign blocks of text.Embedded Functions : When you receive an encrypted email, simply click on "Decrypt Message".

Decrypting an email requires access to your private key (which is usually password protected.) Secure Email, Made Simple. E-mail's Big Privacy Problem: Q&A With Silent Circle Co-Founder Phil Zimmermann. Mailvelope. Mailpile: Let's take e-mail back! Dark Mail Alliance. Lavabit, Silent Circle Shut Down: Crypto In Spotlight - Security - Two encrypted email services shut the doors; gag order clouds details of apparent U.S. government interest related to Snowden case. 9 Android Apps To Improve Security, Privacy (click image for larger view) Encrypted email service provider Lavabit is shutting down, but a gag order prevents the company from detailing exactly what triggered that business decision.

Lavabit, Silent Circle Shut Down: Crypto In Spotlight - Security -

Ladar Levison, the owner and operator of Texas-based Lavabit, said in a statement that his hand was forced after six weeks of legal wrangling and two attempts by him to squash the gag order, both of which were rejected by a judge. As a result, he's not at liberty to publicly reveal exactly what's going on. "I have been forced to make a difficult decision: to become complicit in crimes against the American people or walk away from nearly 10 years of hard work by shutting down Lavabit," he said. The Value of a Hacked Email Account. One of the most-viewed stories on this site is a blog post+graphic that I put together last year to illustrate the ways that bad guys can monetize hacked computers.

The Value of a Hacked Email Account

But just as folks who don’t bank online or store sensitive data on their PCs often have trouble understanding why someone would want to hack into their systems, many people do not fully realize how much they have invested in their email accounts until those accounts are in the hands of cyber thieves. This post aims to raise awareness about the street value of a hacked email account, as well as all of the people, personal data, and resources that are put at risk when users neglect to properly safeguard their inboxes.

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