Mastodawn

Been thinking about data intimacy lately. Your doctor knows your blood pressure and that weird mole you're worried about. But your email provider? They know you're house hunting, having relationship issues, job searching, your political views, shopping addiction, and exactly who matters most in your life based on response times. They've read every newsletter you subscribe to, every receipt, every family drama thread. The asymmetry is wild when you really think about it. #privacy #digitallife #dataethics

bobbricoleur 8h ago

Quick question for the infosec community: what email encryption standard do you recommend in 2026?

I have been comparing X25519 (Curve25519) vs RSA for key exchange. X25519 is ~500x faster for key generation with 32-byte keys vs 256+ for RSA.

Anyone using ECIES pattern (X25519 + HKDF + AES-256-GCM) in production?

#infosec #encryption #email #privacy

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bobbricoleur 8h ago

I'm using standard email solution right now, and want to see if there is good alternative ?

bobbricoleur 8h ago

As someone in infosec, how do you handle your personal email?

I got tired of Gmail reading everything, so I built a self-hosted
alternative with:
- X25519 + AES-256-GCM encryption
- Postfix/Dovecot on a French VPS
- SPF/DKIM/DMARC + fail2ban
- An AI cockpit that classifies urgent vs noise

Curious what setups other infosec people use. ProtonMail?
Self-hosted? Something else?

#infosec #email #privacy #selfhosted #encryption