Poll: Do you encrypt your email?

Re:Poll: Do you encrypt your email? by ancarda on Sunday July 14, 2013 @07:40PM (#6042750)

I just tried GPGTools[1]; I generated a key and set it as default in Preferences. I sent a test email with the "OpenPGP" button glowing. I'm prompted for the password, yet it's still sent as plaintext - it only adds a signature to the bottom of the email. Why doesn't it encrypt the text? Does it have to be email?

I also can't use S/MIME even though I got a certificate, I don't know how to use it.

[1] https://gpgtools.org/

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Re:Poll: Do you encrypt your email? by mfincham on Sunday July 14, 2013 @08:15PM (#6042878)

This is expected behaviour, you're just "signing" the message with your key at this stage. You need to import someone else's public key before you can send an encrypted message /to them/.

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Re:Poll: Do you encrypt your email? by ancarda on Sunday July 14, 2013 @08:22PM (#6042898)

Thanks for clearing that up.

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Re:Poll: Do you encrypt your email? by toble on Sunday July 14, 2013 @08:10PM (#6042863)

You need the public keys of your contacts before you can send them encrypted messages, so encryption is normally enabled on a per contact or per message basis. I think the signature is there to provide a level of assurance to your PGP enabled contacts.

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