@ben
> I rather like using Thunderbird on Android. It supports Autocrypt too!

I didn't know either of these things. Thanks for the tip!

I've installed Thunderbird via F-Droid so I can try this out. I'm told it supports XMPP and Matrix too, which might allow me to get rid of a bunch of the apps I'm currently juggling on my ancient and increasingly decrepit Android.

#Thunderbird #AutoCrypt #XMPP #Matrix

@delta @deutrino

Autocrypt post-quantum cryptography roadmap.

Q1 2026: Draft
Q2 2026: Implementation
Q3 2026: Testing
Q4 2026: Release

Source: https://autocrypt2.org/#/autocrypt-v2-status-and-roadmap

Resource: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocrypt

Website: https://docs.autocrypt.org

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@scottjenson I'm pessimistic up to the point where you have to have to assume it will fail completely. Just as XMPP and MAIL failed.

The only encryption implementation with success were the approaches where the UX can be controlled centrally.

For MAIL there is #autocrypt now, it is astonishing how good it is – but email is still not encypted today.

XMPP/Jabber has OMEMO, but stillt struggles with client adoption and it isn't omnipresent.

Where it worked: #DeltaChat and #Signal both using a central library that can make sure encryption reliably lands at peoples fingertips.

Regarding @thunderbird, that is applicable to you too. In https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/openpgp-thunderbird-howto-and-faq#w_does-thunderbird-support-autocrypt it is claimed: "Thunderbird does not support the Autocrypt philosophy that encryption should be fully automatic" Well, what is the advantage of an email non-being encrypted, always that the two senders support OpenPGP (and share the public keys) or whatever common encryption method? Of course, if one does not have a public key, I understand it is impossible to make automatic encryption.

Further, I have another question: in the link above claims: 'At this time, Thunderbird doesn't support the "Gossip" feature.'
However, on the Autocrypt webpage, it appears a table where it seems thunderbird supports gossip. (https://docs.autocrypt.org/dev-status.html). Then?

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