Free Software Foundation Email Self-Defense in Greek

Free Software Foundation: It's no secret that your emails aren't secure. The , governments, advertisers and others can read the contents of your inbox if they want, without you even knowing.

If you want to send something with to someone else, you should encrypt your email messages U.

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The Free Software Foundation has created a guide (Email Self-Defense) to teach you the basics of of e-mail. The third edition of the guide is translated into Greek, while at the moment the 4th edition in English. The guide is aimed at users of GNU / Linux, Mac OS and Windows.

The site shows you how to set up GnuPG in an email program such as Thunderbird or IceDove. GnuPG (GNU Privacy Guard) is an open- way to use cryptography to secure your data. In addition to email, it can protect your files and your online identity. But the most common use of GnuPG is securing your email.

After learning how to set up GnuPG in step one, you'll learn how to encrypt your email messages with private .

Ο guide will also show you how to send these keys securely to the recipient so that only they can decrypt an email.

It's a very simple guide to encrypting email using an open template.

Before closing the wizard, send a message to friends asking them to participate in email encryption. Remember to include the ID of your public GnuPG key so that they can easily download your key.

It is also a good idea to add your keyprint to your email signature so that the people you correspond with know that you are receiving encrypted emails.

If all of the above seems excessive to you, there are some secure and encrypted email providers, but again, you trust your data to third parties.

Since I have nothing to hide, why should I care about privacy?

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