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− | First of all, you need to install GPG and the Thunderbird Addon [https://www.enigmail.net/home/index.php Enigmail]. This step-by-step-tutorial is guiding you through the installation:
| + | From version 78 on Thunderbird includes Open PGP and S/MIME encryption technology. To use PGP encryption, you and your communication partner have to install both an encription program based on the standard PGP. PGP stands for 'pretty good privacy'. After installation you generate your personal key. How to use it: [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/openpgp-thunderbird-howto-and-faq Explanation] |
− | * [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/digitally-signing-and-encrypting-messages Thunderbird Support: Digitally Signing and Encrypting Messages].
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− | * [https://www.enigmail.net/documentation/quickstart.php Quickstart instruction for Enigmail]
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Revision as of 15:04, 10 August 2021
It is surprising easy to encrypt emails - and more and more it is demanded. Think not only about your needs. When you send personal data from participants in your project like addresses or motivation letters, are you really sure, that there is no implication for them?
How does it look?
In the example to the right you see, how such a message is looking like. It is encrypted by an extension that you have to install in your email client. We explain it here for Mozilla Thunderbird.
Installing Process
From version 78 on Thunderbird includes Open PGP and S/MIME encryption technology. To use PGP encryption, you and your communication partner have to install both an encription program based on the standard PGP. PGP stands for 'pretty good privacy'. After installation you generate your personal key. How to use it: Explanation
The idea: public and private keys
Every user of PGP has a private and a public key.
The public key is used by another person, that wants you to send a message for encrypting.
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The private key should be kept secret: It is used only by you to decript encrypted messages of another person to you.
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Key Management
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