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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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What's the best approach to email today? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by danileonis@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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And what do you actually use? I know the answer is probably self-hosting but maybe there are other solutions for a decent privacy.

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[–] thisisawayoflife@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

There isn't really privacy in email unless all recipients are encrypting the email body itself. Email leaks a lot of metadata even with GPG use, and it's typically stored at rest in plain text.

There are tweaks you can do that will accept the unencrypted email, then immediately encrypt the message with your key so only you can read it. Then it would be safer at rest, but less convenient. It really depends on your threat model.