Why ProtonMail is more secure than Gmail

Re:Why ProtonMail is more secure than Gmail by KGIII on Monday October 23, 2017 @02:05PM (#15535403)

To add to the above post, the headers have to be unencrypted, else they'd have no method to actually send the email. If it were encrypted, they'd have no idea what the address was, or who to bounce it to if the address doesn't exist.

Email headers contain a lot of information. It has the various email addresses, servers involved, ip addresses, time stamps, subject, priority, and things like that.

The body of the email is the only part that gets encrypted when encryption is in use.

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Re:Why ProtonMail is more secure than Gmail by rowyourboat on Monday October 23, 2017 @02:21PM (#15535551)

You are conflating the SMTP envelope and the mail headers. The SMTP envelope is necessary for delivery, the mail headers are not (the addressee information is duplicated)

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Re:Why ProtonMail is more secure than Gmail by KGIII on Monday October 23, 2017 @03:02PM (#15535982)

Thanks for the correction. I had originally typed 'meta data' but thought headers were the same thing. Thanks!

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