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For secure communications it’s much better to use Signal than e-mail. (Preferably with disappearing messages.)

I understand that people desire the UX of an e-mail client such as Thunderbird, Mail.app, Gmail or whatever. Nothing wrong with wanting that. But there is currently no good way to send e-mail securely.



What about Matrix?


Good question. IMO it depends on the threat model. If I was a political activist I would not rely on Matrix.

Some previous threads worth reading:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23108750

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24123997




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