Mastodawn

“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.

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

Wrapping your head around email encryption can be difficult. This article aims to cut through the noise so you can make an informed decision.

@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:

The email should never have to be reencrypted.

@upofadown
Thanks for the correction! I appreciate your taking the time to let me know.

Should be fixed now...