“Your email is encrypted” – but what does that *actually* mean?

[verified_human_user@infosec.exchange]

“Your email is encrypted” – but what does that *actually* mean?

I wrote a clear, non-technical guide that explains the basics and highlights what’s often hidden in the fine print.

https://www.degoogle-your-life.com/en/articles/encryption-explainer

#degoogle #privacy #email #encryption #bigtech

Thanks to everyone who gave feedback on an earlier version of this article.

[upofadown@mstdn.ca]

@verified_human_user From the "Zero-Access (or Zero-Knowledge) Encryption" section of your article it says:

>In this case, once the user has finished reading the email, it is re-encrypted before being sent to the provider’s servers for storage.

I am not sure what that is referring to. Normally email encryption uses some sort of "encrypt once" scheme:

* https://articles.59.ca/doku.php?id=pgpfan:encryptonce

The email should never have to be reencrypted.