Secured email is a diary without locks or keys. Our goal is to make sure your secrets are always safe. No one can read your messages unless they have the password from you, or if you read them out loud. We offer email encryption software that will keep your information private and protected from hackers and prying eyes. Secured email is so easy to use because it’s just like texting or surfing the web – it only takes a few minutes to learn and it’s completely free. All you need to do is download the software on your device, create a username, and voila! You’re all set! You can also use our webmail, which is a secure internet browser that allows you to send and receive encrypted emails on any device. Our email encryption software is fast and easy to use. You can encrypt your email in just two steps:
1- Enter the email address of the recipient and hit “Send”.
2- The recipient receives an encrypted email with a link that they need to click on to open it. Once they have opened it, all the information will be decrypted automatically. Secured email is so simple to use because you don’t need any extra applications or plugins like PGP or GPG. It’s just like using any other webmail service, but it’s encrypted! You can also send secure emails through our webmail, which is a secure internet browser that allows you to send and receive encrypted emails on any device. How does it work? When you send a secured email, the recipient receives an encrypted email with a link that they need to click on to open it. Once they have opened it, all the information will be decrypted automatically. Secured email is so simple to use because you don’t need any extra applications or plugins like PGP or GPG. It’s just like using any other webmail service, but it’s encrypted! You can also send secure emails through our webmail, which is a secure internet browser that allows you to send and receive encrypted emails on any device. How do I get started? The first thing you’ll want to do is download and install the browser extension for your desktop computer from our website (it’s free!). Then, you can start sending and receiving encrypted emails with anyone else who has a ProtonMail account. You don’t need to know anything about encryption to use ProtonMail. All you need is your email address and a password!
What is the difference between a Secure Email Address and an Encrypted Email? Secure email addresses (ex: bob@protonmail.com) are used for sending and receiving encrypted emails, while encrypted email addresses (ex: bob+protonmail@protonmail.com) are used for sending non-encrypted emails via ProtonMail’s secure webmail interface. What does it mean that my messages are end-to-end encrypted? When you send an end-to-end encrypted email, the message is encrypted on your device before being sent to ProtonMail’s servers. This means that even if a hacker or a government agency intercepted the message, they would not be able to read its contents because they do not have the encryption key.
ProtonMail was founded by scientists who met at CERN and were drawn together by a shared vision of a more secure and private Internet. We are now bringing that vision to reality with the world’s largest community-funded effort to develop free secure email technology. Our mission is to protect civil liberties in the digital age, so we build our tools with privacy as our highest priority .
There is no way to completely eliminate risk when using technology, but we believe that the benefits of online privacy and security far outweigh the potential risks. We are confident in our security design because ProtonMail is protected by Switzerland’s strict privacy laws . In addition, we have earned a reputation for trustworthiness because we:
Our secure email service is still in beta. We will continue to improve it over time with your support. If you like what you see, please spread the word! If you are a journalist, blogger or reporter and would like to know more about ProtonMail, please contact us at press@protonmail.ch .
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