[ale] Secure Family Comms

Alex Carver agcarver+ale at acarver.net
Wed Mar 22 16:54:50 EDT 2017


I don't remember who the provider is (it's not the trio MS/Google/Yahoo)
but it's something they have had for literally almost two decades.  I've
been trying to get them to use a normal client and haven't exactly been
successful.


On 2017-03-22 13:49, Kyle Brieden wrote:
> What webmail do they use right now?
> 
> ---
> Very respectfully,
> Kyle Brieden
> 
> On 22-03-2017 16:15, Alex Carver wrote:
>> On 2017-03-22 12:31, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
>>> On 03/22/2017 02:00 PM, Alex Carver wrote:
>>>> I want to see something that is easy for my parents to use.
>>>
>>> Might be worth looking at RestroShare.
>>>
>>> http://retroshare.net/
>>> "Retroshare creates encrypted connections to your friends. Nobody can
>>> spy on you. Retroshare is completely decentralized. This means there are
>>> no central servers. It is entirely Open-Source and free. There are no
>>> costs, no ads and no Terms of Service."
>>
>> Interesting though I don't think I'd be able to convince them to run two
>> systems.  Regular email is already taxing them.  I could possibly
>> convince them to switch to a local client (Thunderbird, etc.) that still
>> gives them access to their normal email.  The trick would have been some
>> kind of integration such that it was  automatic PGP when sending to me
>> and not when sending to other people.




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