Re: [Trisquel-users] Recommended e-mail ?

[sirgrant]

I wouldn't recommend hushmail.  Hushmail basically  
[https://www.hushmail.com/about/technology/how-it-works/ uses PGP encryption  
to encrypt the email].  Trisquel already has the software to do all this.   
See the documentation on [https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/email-encryption  
email encryption].  In fact I would rather use a service like gmail w/ GPG  
that is run on my own computer then hushmail.  Essentially a private key  
consists of a file and a password.  At least with GPG + gmail if I encrypt it  
on my computer and send it via gmail they (google) can't decrypt it while it  
is on their servers.  However in the case of hushmail they have your private  
key which they generated (you don't want others to have your private key) and  
you type your password into their website.  There is nothing to prevent them  
from recording that password and decrypting all your email.

I would consider hushmail SaaS or at least psuedo-SaaS.  Do your own  
encryption on your own computer.  Trisquel already comes with GPG installed  
by default.  Don't let someone else manage your private key for you.