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@geotechland @Tutanota @protonmail You warned that e2ee puts low-tech users at risk for the inconvenience of password loss causing loss of access to old email. The solution is to use an MUA & have it POP3 all msgs, and configure the MUA to use . The local PGP private key need not be encrypted itself, so all inbound mail is e2ee without risk of a forgotten password.

@resist1984 @Tutanota @protonmail

That's really good info! Do you know of any email services that are implementing something like that already?

@geotechland @protonmail @Tutanota no service does that & i'm not even sure it's possible. The service would have to send audited FOSS javascript that can generate an unpassworded key pair that's stored locally (but I don't think js can access local storage). ATM the only way for it to work is using any pop3 or imap service & for a trusted expert to configure a PGP-capable MUA for the novice user.

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