Switch to Protonmail Reason #24: Verify a trusted correspondent's PGP key before sharing sensitive information
Encryption to the wrong key can defeat the point of a protected message.
Why this matters
Encryption to the wrong key can defeat the point of a protected message. Privacy is easier to defend before this information is collected than after it has spread.
The protection
Proton offers key trust and verification tools for contacts using PGP.
Take action
Confirm a sensitive contact's key through an independent channel before trusting it. A displayed name alone is not identity proof. Email protection depends on the route and settings. Ordinary mail involving outside providers is not automatically end-to-end encrypted, and email metadata is not universally hidden.
Sources
- Categories: Proton Mail
- Tags: #Digital Self-Defense, #Proton Mail, #Email Privacy, #Identity Verification