Privacy basics
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From job applications to business contracts, we use email to send and receive
sensitive documents on a daily basis. However, email has certain
vulnerabilities, like any technology. If you receive emails, you need to make
sure they’re genuine and not
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Outlook’s emails use standard encryption out of the box. Learn how to use
enhanced encryption to send more secure messages and the best Outlook
alternative if you’re looking for genuine privacy.
Like most free email providers, Outlook can’t guarante
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Gmail is not end-to-end encrypted, and Google retains access to all your emails.
Here are five steps to make Gmail more secure and the best alternative if you’re
looking for genuine privacy.
We explain why Gmail is not completely secure or private,
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It’s always a good time to assess your security. We’ve shared some of our most
important cybersecurity guides to help.
At Proton, your security is our top priority. We believe your data belongs to
you and you alone, which is why we protect it with
Emails you send with most email providers aren’t private. We explain how to add
password protection or enhanced encryption to messages in Gmail and Outlook and
how to send a genuinely private email with Proton Mail.
You can password-protect emails i
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Gmail uses standard encryption by default, so your messages aren’t private. We
explain how to use enhanced encryption in Gmail and the best alternative if
you’re looking for genuine privacy.
If you have a free email account from a big provider like
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Private email is not just about blocking prying eyes or avoiding creepy online
ads. Privacy is a basic human right that you need to protect yourself and
ultimately defend your freedom, whoever you are, wherever you live.
Your personal email is part
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Cryptocurrency scams have cost people over a billion dollars — and they’re only
becoming more prevalent. Learn what to look out for to avoid being scammed
yourself.
The Washington Post recently reported that over $1 billion was lost to
cryptocurren
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The most private and secure way to communicate online is by using end-to-end
encryption. If you send an end-to-end encrypted email, it’s encrypted on your
device (your iPhone, Android, or laptop) and isn’t decrypted until it reaches
the device of the
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Short Message Service (SMS), also known simply as text messaging, has been with
us since the birth of mobile phones (the first-ever text message was sent over
the Vodafone network in 1992).
SMS is supported by almost every mobile network provider i
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Email protocols explained
IMAP and SMTP are protocols used by email clients to send and receive secure
emails. POP3 is a legacy standard that is used less and less often these days.
* SMTP
* IMAP
* POP3
* APIs
* Proton Mail and SMTP, IMAP, an