opengpg is very nice for the mac, behaves like commercial PGP, quite easy to manage your keys and integrates with mac mail very well. IMO easier to understand and operate than SMIME certificates, but not as transparent to use once you are up and running. - Commercial PGP is also available and I'd recommend that if you wanted to do full disk encryption, but just for email GPG is fine.
Phil Zimmermann's original paper about PGP from the mid nineties is quite a good read and not too tech heavy (from memory) I haven't read it in years but the sticking points about it in my mind, taken in context of the timeperiod it was written in - is that any email you send unencrypted is basically the equivalent to sending someone a post-card. And if you (as in us) want any degree of privacy in our communications then we all have to start encrypting all of our emails, right now! - But right now was about 15-20 years ago, so we kinda missed the boat on that one and look where we are. Anyway back to openPGP, its a bit technical but thats why I like it, essentially you can see what its doing and whats being encrypted or not, rather than just saying "trust me this is all safe don't worry about it" with the intention of making things "user friendly" You can carry on using mac mail, and its compatible with any email addresses you already have, so you have nothing to loose by giving it a go (apart from your sanity trying to educate every single person you ever send an email to about what it is and why) On 25 September 2013 08:13, andrew lancaster <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been using duckduckgo for some time now - as you say, nothing to hide > but don't like feeling that I'm being tracked. I feel the same in > supermarkets, and with eBay etc - every move checked and noted down. For > what purpose? And using the mobile phone, someone knows where I am every > minute of every day, CCTV means someone knows which shops / pubs et I've > been in (or near). > > I didn't know about PRISM! I can't start using new software - it has to be > Apple - but any way to increase my privacy while on line would be much > appreciated! > > Andrew > > On 25 Sep 2013, at 8:06 am, Rob Beattie <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been using the Disconnect.me browser plugin. Probably a bit meagre > for what you're after but it cuts down on the trackers. > > ----------------- > Rob Beattie > Freelance writer and book author > www.robbeattie.com > 07769 902820 > Twitter: @robbeattie > > > On 25 September 2013 06:55, Michael Dennis - FanChants.com < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Howdy, >> >> I'm becoming increasingly irked by the thought that the Americans (and >> British) can just troll my goings on online. I know they says it's for the >> common good but it's polite to ask first imho... also a bit peeved with the >> American software giants taking the michael and sharing their data >> willingly so not keen on giving them all of my business anymore... anyway >> not debating that just thought i would look into using alternatives to >> Google and such. >> >> I've found this site http://prism-break.org/ and was wondering if anyone >> had any experience with using any of the software they mention before I >> waste my time trying different software out, in particular: >> >> - Any of the instant messengers/ vid conf and VOIP's >> - Anyone using GPG Mail? >> - Browsers >> >> Anyone recommend anything? >> >> I've now installed https://duckduckgo.com as my search engine of choice >> now and I'm very pleasantly surprised with it's usability and results. Only >> the second day of use but I hammer search and so far it's coming up with >> the goods. The Chrome extension works well too although I'm thinking of >> changing Chrome to one of the browsers they mention. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Michael >> >> (PS I have nothing to hide, just my online doings are not your business >> you scary Americans). >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. 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