Encrypt It Yourself I: How Email Works & The Encrypted Webmail Trap 📩🔐

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Published: 06 Jul 2022 › Updated: 06 Jul 2022 Encrypt It Yourself I: How Email Works & The Encrypted Webmail Trap 📩🔐

Encrypt It Yourself I: How Email Works & The Encrypted Webmail Trap 📩🔐

After a long hiatus, #TBOT is back with another educational module on encrypting your communications! I decided to focus on this series because it felt the community was hopping from one email provider to the next, without knowing the full details. So here's a sovereign alternative. Encrypt It Yourself

In today's video you'll learn:

how email works
what can be encrypted in an email
how open mail protocols work (IMAP/SMTP)
how encrypted webmail works
suggestions for mail providers
basics of PGP

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