PGP Email Encryption

Comments focus on using PGP/GPG for encrypting emails, its support or integration in providers like Gmail and Protonmail, and suggestions as a solution for secure communication.

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Sample Comments

davidcuddeback May 14, 2010 View on HN

PGP support in Gmail would be great.

svenkatesh Mar 19, 2014 View on HN

Use any email provider. Encrypt your messages with PGP.

dustinfarris Aug 22, 2025 View on HN

how is this different from using PGP with Gmail?

switch007 Aug 10, 2019 View on HN

Not with PGP that's for sure ! :D

bigfishrunning Jan 7, 2026 View on HN

Unless you set up pgp in your email client...

datatan Feb 23, 2017 View on HN

Protonmail uses PGP............

g4k Dec 7, 2015 View on HN

Do you plan to add PGP support?

NoSuchNSA Jun 12, 2013 View on HN

Yeah, use PGP. I can't break that.

jonathonf Mar 21, 2014 View on HN

Isn't this the sort of thing PGP/GPG was designed for?

Nala_Alan Oct 5, 2017 View on HN

They support PGP, so you can use this.