End-to-End Encryption. What Is It and How Does It Work?
What is end-to-end encryption? End-to-end encryption is a method of securely transmitting data in a way that only the sender and recipient can read the actual message by encrypting it on the...
Tagged: End-to-end Encryption
Welcome to the End-to-end Encryption archives of the Mailfence Blog.
Symmetric vs Asymmetric Encryption: What’s the difference?
In this blog post, we explain the major differences between symmetric vs asymmetric encryption. This article will also explain which encryption method you should use. Some words about different encryption...
Digitally Signed Emails. What Is It And How Do Digital Signatures Work?
Whether you’re signing legal papers, the back of your bank card, or permission for your kid’s school field trip, you are using your signature pretty regularly. In fact, this might...
Can a Secure Email Provider Be Private? How a Secure Email Manages to Address Privacy Concerns
Can a secure email provider be private? Email privacy and security concerns and expectations have seen a massive rise in 2013. At that time, Edward Snowden revealed that the major...
7 Biggest Email Security Mistakes To Avoid
When it comes to email, there are plenty of email security mistakes that new users tend to make and that bad actors like hackers and scammers can abuse. However, even...
What is OpenPGP?
OpenPGP is one of the standard protocols for encryption/signature of data. It is the most widely used email encryption standard. It’s also one of the ways Mailfence provides security and...
Banning encryption: why is it a poor idea?
Last year, leaks from the Council of the European Union revealed that the European Union was (again) considering banning encryption. More recently, the Belgian government planned to enact an oppressive...
Email Security: 10 best practices
Why is email security so important? Email has become an indispensable tool to communicate for many people. The shared data might be confidential, or not, but you have a right...
Mass surveillance is still happening in 2021
Mass surveillance is still happening nowadays, it should come as no surprise since the revelations of Edward Snowden the NSA whistleblower, little has changed. What changed? Nothing major towards stopping...
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...