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Add to SafariWhen comparing PGP Encryption vs Tutanota Mail, the Slant community recommends Tutanota Mail for most people. In the question“What are the best ways to send and receive secure email?” Tutanota Mail is ranked 2nd while PGP Encryption is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose Tutanota Mail is:
End-to-end encrypted: - internal emails (between Tutanota users) - external emails: requires setting a password and sharing it separately to the recipient - calendar - contacts - email storage - email subject lines
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Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Can be integrated with multiple email clients
Pro Code available for audit
The original version of PGP is no longer freeware since it was aquired by Symantec, but the source code can still be downloaded for peer review.
Pro No need to exchange private keys
PGP uses asymmetric encryption. One user generates 2 keys - private and public. Another user uses the public key to encrypt the message that can then be decrypted only using first users's private key.
Pro End to end encryption
End-to-end encrypted:
- internal emails (between Tutanota users)
- external emails: requires setting a password and sharing it separately to the recipient
- calendar
- contacts
- email storage
- email subject lines
Pro Open source
See here.
Pro Based in Germany
Tutanota's servers are located in Germany, which has strict privacy protection laws, even stronger than those of Switzerland.
Pro Anonymous: no personal information and no phone numbers are required to register
Pro F-Droid app
Pro No offices in the USA
Pro Free
A free account is available.
Pro Add free
Pro Desktop client
Pro U2F for second factor authentication
Pro Affordable price for paid plans
Cons
Con Can be daunting to set up
no it isn't. is this a troll
Con No support for third-party clients (eg Thunderbird...)
Con Doesn't support PGP encryption
Con No support for IMAP and SMTP
You can't use your favorite email client.
