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Beyond Standard Email Encryption

When most email services talk about "encryption," they're referring to storage encryption - your messages are encrypted while sitting on their servers. But here's the catch: the service itself can still access your emails. They hold the encryption keys, meaning your private communications aren't truly private.

True zero-access security means exactly what it says: zero access by anyone but you - not even us. This is where automatic PGP encryption comes in, putting you in complete control of your email privacy.

How Automatic PGP Encryption Works

PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is a powerful encryption standard that uses a pair of keys: a public key for encrypting messages, and a private key for decrypting them. Here's how our automatic PGP encryption system works:

  • You create or import a public PGP key (or pair, but its more secure if you store your private key)
  • Incoming emails are automatically encrypted using your public key
  • Only you, with your private key, can decrypt and read the messages
  • Even if someone gains access to your email account, they can't read your encrypted messages without both your private key and it's specific passphrase

Unique Keys for Maximum Security

Take your security even further by assigning different PGP keys to different email aliases. For example:

  • Use one key for personal communications
  • Another for financial documents
  • A separate key for work-related emails

This compartmentalization means that even if one key is compromised, your other communications remain secure. Think of it like having different keys for different safety deposit boxes, rather than one master key that opens everything.

Smart Encryption with Custom Filters

Our system lets you create sophisticated encryption rules based on various criteria:

  • Automatically encrypt emails from specific senders
  • Encrypt messages containing certain keywords or phrases
  • Apply encryption based on email subject lines
  • Set up encryption rules for specific aliases or domains

For example, you could automatically encrypt all emails containing the word "Confidential" in the subject line, or encrypt everything from your banking institution's domain.

True Privacy in Action

Consider these real-world scenarios where zero-access encryption protects you:

  • Account Compromise: If someone gains access to your email account, they'll only see encrypted messages they can't read
  • Legal Requests: If we're required to provide your emails, we can only give encrypted data that's unreadable without your private key
  • Server Breaches: Even if our servers are compromised, your messages remain securely encrypted
  • Account Sharing: Give someone access to your account for managing certain emails while keeping sensitive messages private

The Nuclear Option: Permanent Destruction

In extreme situations, you might want to ensure certain emails can never be read again by anyone - including yourself. By destroying the private key used to encrypt those messages, you make them permanently unreadable. The encrypted data might still exist, but without the key, it's just meaningless scrambled text.

This nuclear option provides a level of security that's impossible with traditional email systems. Once a key is destroyed, there's no back door, no recovery option, and no way to decrypt those messages ever again.

Perfect Pairing with Masked Aliases

Combine automatic PGP encryption with our masked aliases for the ultimate in email security:

  • Create unique aliases for different purposes
  • Assign different encryption keys to different aliases
  • Set up custom encryption rules for each alias
  • Maintain separate security levels for different types of communication

This combination gives you unprecedented control over your email privacy, allowing you to compartmentalize both your identity and your encryption.

Taking Control of Your Email Privacy

Zero-access encryption through automatic PGP is more than just a security feature - it's a fundamental shift in how email privacy works. Instead of trusting services to protect your privacy, you maintain complete control over who can read your messages.

In an era of increasing digital surveillance and data breaches, this level of control isn't just nice to have - it's essential for anyone serious about protecting their private communications.