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Oli

19 Oct, 2014 09:27 AM

If you send encr. Mail to someone non-mac, how will they know what plugin they need to view it - specially considering I eon't nessecarily know their OS? Has this been remedied in new paid version. If not why should anyone pay when Yosemite will also encrypt emails?

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Steve on 31 Oct, 2014 05:45 PM

   

   Hi Oli,

   if you download and install our latest nightly build and open GPG Keychain, when you right click any public key or sec / pub, you will find an optino to "Mail public key".

   That option will create a new mail with the public key attached. The mail content will explain what options exist for each OS.

   Also you might want to link your friends this page, covering various encryption solutions for each platform: https://ssd.eff.org/

   What do you mean with "yosemite will also encrypt mails"?

   All the best,
   steve

   You can find sig and SHA1 on the GPGTools Nightlies page.

   All the best, steve

   Disclaimer: This is a development version which has not been thoroughly tested yet - bugs or crashes are to be expected. Thanks for helping us test.

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2. 2 Posted by Oliver on 31 Oct, 2014 07:33 PM

   

   Hi Steve

   Ok got it thanks Steve - like the system would support it.

   Re. Yosemite

   E.g

   http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/02/apples-yosemite-os-x-embraces-encryption/

   Etc.

   Not saying its any good as a solution - just ex. what you're confronted with as a fairly uninformed consumer when you google search

   Best

   Oli

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Steve on 02 Nov, 2014 02:58 PM

   

   Ah ok, I think that article is referring to iCloud encryption. The following article sheds some light on problems (using imessages as example): http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/06/can-apple-read-your-imessag...

   Best, steve

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4. 4 Posted by Oliver on 02 Nov, 2014 09:59 PM

   

   Ok thanks Steve.
   Yes I get it.
   So, re. GPG Tools and your future plans, fair play to you - no problem in subscribing/paying for license.

   Best wishes

   Olli

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5. Support Staff 5 Posted by Steve on 06 Nov, 2014 02:17 AM

   

   And on that note:

   

we've finally finished the first beta of GPGMail for Yosemite and it's available now.
   Read more: https://gpgtools.org/news

   All the best (:
   steve

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6. Steve closed this discussion on 06 Nov, 2014 02:17 AM.