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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Hello everybody!<div><br></div><div>Following up the great talk and hands on session that Brian and Eviljoel gave a few weeks ago on how to secure email using Thunderbird I'd like to add some tidbits of my own. Whilst using plug ins like enigmail for Thunderbird is great and everything , we need to be cognizant that quite often we are using webmail of one sort or another. Especially for those of on our mobile devices. I for one whilst I have Thunderbird on my desktop and laptops I rarely use it. Or any other email client for that matter. So the question then is how do we secure our email communication if it's webmail? Wot kind of crypto can I use? Fortunately there are various bowser extensions that facilitate this. For gpg we can count on the following...</div><div><br></div><div>Mymail-Crypt for Gmail</div><div><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mymail-crypt-for-gmail/jcaobjhdnlpmopmjhijplpjhlplfkhba?hl=en-US" target="_blank">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mymail-crypt-for-gmail/jcaobjhdnlpmopmjhijplpjhlplfkhba?hl=en-US</a></div><div><br></div><div>WebPG - bringing GNU-PGP to FF and Chrome</div><div><a href="https://webpg.org" target="_blank">https://webpg.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>Mailvelope - OpenPGP encryption for webmail. FF and Chrome.</div><div><a href="https://www.mailvelope.com" target="_blank">https://www.mailvelope.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>Google has yet to release its own Chrome plug in which...here let it speak for itself "<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Helvetica, arial, nimbussansl, liberationsans, freesans, clean, sans-serif, 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>End-To-End</b> is a Chrome extension that helps you encrypt, decrypt, digital sign, and verify signed messages within the browser using OpenPGP.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> ". From its <a href="https://github.com/google/end-to-end">Github page</a>. It's alpha not yet ready for prime time though it's been announced since Jan 2014. I don't know wot's taking them so long. If you feel adventurous try alpha.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Even Windows has support for GPG through VisualGPF. URL is </span><a href="http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/2351/visualgpg-a-simple-gui-for-gnupg/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12pt;">http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/2351/visualgpg-a-simple-gui-for-gnupg/</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In fact, Google Code provided a Windows app that does key management stuff like sign, decrypt and key maintenance. It's GUI based so you don't have to use the CLI to perform these tasks. Good if you don't like command line like me. Called Cryptophane though I'm not sure how long it's been maintained. </span><a href="https://code.google.com/p/cryptophane/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12pt;">https://code.google.com/p/cryptophane/</a></div><div><br></div><div>And whilst we're at it, even MS Outlook has its own <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">GnuPG plugin. Though there are some grumblings about Outlook being closed source, I think this can overcome that objection. More at </span><a href="https://www.openhub.net/p/gpgol" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12pt;">https://www.openhub.net/p/gpgol</a></div><div><br></div><div>Sorry MAC users I'm not sure if there's equivalent protection on that platform, for Apple Mail or Safari. </div><div><br></div><div>Finally, let's not forget our smartphones. Chatsecure, Textsecure, Redphone, Find these on Google Play and Apple App store. </div><div><br></div><div> </div><div>Anyone have experience with any of the above? If so please share. </div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps!</div><div><br></div><div>Joe </div> </div></body>
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