Element is becoming a very popular messaging application with a host of interesting privacy features. Even more impressive is Matrix, the open source standard that Element and other clients run on. What convinced me to try Matrix was that it is federated. You can even self-host your own “homeserver” called Synapse. Check it out and …
This article explains how to generate an OpenPGP key pair using GNU Privacy Guard (GPG). For an introduction to email encryption, first reading the referenced articles listed below. References OpenPGP.org – The OpenPGP Proposed Standard Riseup.net – OpenPGP Best Practices Riseup.net – Managing OpenPGP Keys Ubuntu.com – GNU Privacy Guard Howto Step 1: Install the …
This article explains two functions in Thunderbird that work together nicely: (1) Configure an email alias to protect your identity, and (2) Import an OpenPGP private key and associate it with the email alias. I could not find anything online that explained how to use both of these functions together. There were articles (see references …
