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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Proton supports openPGP natively in its apps which is neat so encrypted emails are easier but you can use openPGP with k9 and Thunderbird too.

Unfortunately openPGP is very rarely used by anyone.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Unfortunately openPGP is very rarely used by anyone.

My point exactly. What's the point of having an encrypted mailbox if everything that arrives to it is unencrypted and easily intercepted?