⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Self-destructing and password-protected emails end-to-end encryption (PGP) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Intuitive, but security features come with a learning curve ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Generous free plan subscriptions available via Google One or Google Workspace Proton Mail is more feature-rich, it has more services, it’s bigger, and it has the Swiss cachet if you’re after such things (although Tutanota’s Made in Germany image is not bad either, I hasten to add).īut, Proton Mail goes to great lengths in order to make it known that it does not provide anonymity (or, at least, that it does not strive to), and that it does not pretend to protect you if your adversary is a state.Īs for PGP, even high-flying security luminaries such as Bruce Schneier (and others) have declared it’s useless, because it’s so complex to get right that it will never leave the stage of scientific games, or spy usage (maybe I’m not privy to their mores).⭐⭐⭐ Free plan available subscriptions start at $5/month – To do it for free, or for a very low starting fee if you’re a business, or you need the extra features.

– To open an account completely anonymously, even using Tor if needed. Tutanota is great, compared to Proton Mail, because it enables you : Good luck convincing your local tax inspector to drop his government-provided system for some fly-by-night encrypted private outfit recommended by you (as seen from his point of view) ! When you think of it, this excludes many people with which it might be beneficial to exchange encrypted emails. I don’t encrypt the mails in transit, although it is remarkably simple with Tutanota, because this means you need to convince the other party to a) change their usual email routine, however easy the alternative may be, b) exchange a password offline at least once.

– Needs to be stripped of IP info when sent. I use Tutanota (among many other providers), for mail which either :

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