Encryption Backdoors: Do not work!
Some background knowledge on Encryption Backdoors Certain events have led to renewed calls from governments and law enforcement for more sophisticated tools for monitoring suspects. One idea that has received renewed attention is ‘encryption backdoors.’ An encryption backdoor is a method of getting around encryption or authentication in a system. Backdoors can exist for legitimate, practical reasons. […]
Mailfence supports EFF and EDRI in the fight for electronic freedom and email privacy
At Mailfence we believe that developing a state-of-the art secure and private email with “true” end-to-end encryption is not sufficient. The fight for email privacy and electronic freedom cannot be won alone but only by building a global movement of citizens, technology providers and NGO’s that work together. We put our money where our mouth […]
Email Headers: How to read and use message headers
This blogpost will explain how to read and understand the email header which travels with every email. It contains details about the sender, taken route and the receiver. Use this information to avoid unwanted emails or to recognize a scam or malware delivered by email. How to access the Email Header In the Mailfence web […]
The 4th OpenPGP Email Summit hosted by Mailfence : A brief rundown!
Further to the 4th OpenPGP Email Summit announcement, this blogpost will provide a brief run-down of our overall experience of the event. We engaged with a number of people behind different OpenPGP based projects, academics and other email security/privacy conscious people. As per the agenda, the 4th OpenPGP summit included plenary talks, open sessions (aka […]
Mailfence Release Notes September 2018
We’re happy to present the Mailfence Release Notes September 2018 with several new features, improvements and fixes. New Features Messages: ‘Reply’ and ‘Reply to all’ options are now available for sent items. Messages: ‘Forward’ option is now available for sent items. Calendar, Contacts: Contact Birthday date now links to the Calendar as an event. Improvements […]
OpenPGP Email Summit hosted by Mailfence- October 20-21, 2018
Mailfence will be hosting the 4th OpenPGP Email Summit We are very happy and honoured to announce that Mailfence will be hosting the 4th OpenPGP Email Summit at its headquarters in Brussels. During this event, software developers and other IT experts specialized in OpenPGP email will meet to discuss technical details regarding email encryption using […]
The Mailfence translation project
We are happy to announce that Mailfence is available in 11 different languages. Thanks to the Mailfence Translation Project, Mailfence can now be used by more than 1.4 billion people in their native tongue! More than 2.6 billion users can use our secure encrypted email in a language they master. Overview of supported languages by […]
Mailfence Release Notes May 2018
We’re happy to present the Mailfence Release Notes May 2018 with several new features, improvements and fixes. New Features Improvements Extra notes Version for Release Notes May 2018 Check our previous Release Notes and feel free to report any found bugs/queries/suggestions to support (at) mailfence.com.
Mailfence is not impacted by Efail vulnerabilities
New vulnerabilities in many OpenPGP and S/MIME enabled email clients were announced yesterday. These “Efail” vulnerabilities have attracted a lot of attention in the media. As per our analysis, Mailfence is not impacted by the OpenPGP Efail vulnerability. Also, based on the mentioned issues in the technical paper, the OpenPGP protocol itself is safe to use, if you […]
Mailfence Release Notes March 2018
We’re happy to present the Mailfence Release Notes March 2018 with several new features, improvements and fixes. New Features Messages: whitelisting sender addresses or domains is now available to paying accounts. Note: emails containing a virus are discarded anyway. Documents: text files can be viewed within the application. 2FA: backup recovery code usage notification are […]