So let’s begin: I don’t know whether the Big Brother watches us or not but I know that some guys know how to read stuff that go on the Web. E-mails are used everywhere and almost everyone nowadays has an account. Those e-mails are quite often transmitted as plain text so they’re easily readable. So why don’t we keep our information for ourselves and crypt our emails?
Here’s a quick list on how to do it:
1) HushMail --> it’s one of the most popular. You sign up and you get an account you can send encrypted e-mails from. If the recipient hasn’t an HushMail account it will be asked to respond a secret question you decided. If the answer is correct then he/she will be able to read the email.
2) Enigmail --> it's a free extension to the email client Mozilla Thunderbird. In this case you have to install it and select “encrypt this message” in the writing box. Obviously it’s not necessary to sign up for a new account, you use the one you have already.
3) Lockbin --> it's an online service you can send encrypted emails from. Just click "Start Now" to start composing a new message, and then set a password to protect it. The recipient will receive an email from Lockbin in which he/she will find a link that leads to a Lockbin HTTPS page. In this page he/she will have to type in the password to get the email.
4) Encipher.it --> it's the most quick and simple system that protects emails with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). It’s a bookmarklet and requires the recipient to have it too.
5) Last but not the least: send a .txt or .doc file in a ZIP/RAR password protected archive as an attachment.
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