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Google "just discovered" PGP for Gmail (if you pay)

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    • marcusquinnM Offline
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      Google Takes Gmail Security to the Next Level with Client-Side Encryption

      • https://thehackernews.com/2022/12/gmail-encryption.html

      PGP

      • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy

      Like their announcement that they will stop using cookies, my guess is they have so much data from non-encrypted sources, that this token gesture (see what I did there) is more appeasement than complete privacy.

      Shows there must be sufficient enterprise value attached to making this move though. Can't hate on them too much though, they drive enough innovation that inspires more from the alternatives.

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        Funny, since there are several free OSS options. Heck even in Thunderbird you can do client side encryption with a Gmail account.

        Conscious tech

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        • marcusquinnM marcusquinn

          Google Takes Gmail Security to the Next Level with Client-Side Encryption

          • https://thehackernews.com/2022/12/gmail-encryption.html

          PGP

          • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy

          Like their announcement that they will stop using cookies, my guess is they have so much data from non-encrypted sources, that this token gesture (see what I did there) is more appeasement than complete privacy.

          Shows there must be sufficient enterprise value attached to making this move though. Can't hate on them too much though, they drive enough innovation that inspires more from the alternatives.

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          @marcusquinn said in Google "just discovered" PGP for Gmail (if you pay):

          more appeasement than complete privacy

          Except it is not about privacy, but checking a checkbox for compliance rules of Fortune 500 companies.

          To be honest it would have been nice if Google actually made some innovation here, since both PGP and S/MIME are conceptually broken, but sadly they only added native S/MIME capabilities to the Gmail ui and management tooling.

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