Without getting too geeky, how does it work?

You’ll basically use SecureMyEmail™ like any other email app.

When will perks be fulfilled?

VPN service and T-shirt perks will be filled asap following campaign’s end. SecureMyEmail™ early access accounts will be issued by end of April 2016. 

I’m a techie and crypto-savvy. Can you share some of what’s under the hood?

We built it with PGP at the core, but with a more modern version of the “Web of Trust.” Users can authenticate to social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter) within the app to verify their identity to other users. This will not only prevent impostors and potential Man-in-the-Middle attacks but will mitigate Phishing and SPAM.

Instead of taking the shortcut of using browser-based webmail, which can be prone to JavaScript vulnerabilities, and requires the email provider to host users’ private keys, we built native apps for Android and iOS, as well as plugins for Thunderbird and Mac Mail. This assures not only better performance but much greater security.

In a bit of future-proofing, a unique 4096-bit key is created for every user by default. And, you can regenerate these keys whenever you like. Not that you’ll need to. At the risk of being morbid, barring “the Singularity” occurring, we’ll all be long gone before anyone can read your email. In fact, it should take thousands of years to crack a single key. Still, just in case, we’ll be keeping an eye on elliptic curves and other cryptographic advances as they develop.

It’s worth mentioning again that, unlike with other approaches,  your private key never has to leave your device to use SecureMyEmail™. But, if  you do wish to securely set up other devices, you can export your key locally, or use our systems to transfer it via an encrypted tunnel to a secure server in Switzerland (best privacy laws). You can even set your key to be destroyed in 30 minutes if you wish! In any event, your key is always encrypted with your secret passphrase *before* it leaves your device.

Frequently Asked Questions

Anyone who wants to be sure their email is safe, secure, and private. Of course, if you’re a lawyer, journalist, businessperson, health care or financial services professional, etc., it’s a necessity.

I can really use Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Outlook.com, my work email, or any valid working email address and SecureMyEmail™ can encrypt my email, including any attachments, end-to-end?

Yes. 

So, even my email provider (Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, etc.) can’t read my mail? Not even the scanning of my email to serve me ads?

Correct. Email encrypted with SecureMyEmail™ is end-to-end encrypted. Nobody but you and your secured recipients can read the email or the attachments. 

Nope. Your email is secured with a secret password/passphrase that you create and only you know. We never see it and can’t access it. 

How many emails can I encrypt/decrypt for the 99 cents a year?

We have no limit. You just pay 99 cents per email address of yours per year. Send as many encrypted emails as you like to as many contacts as you like. 

Contacts I wish to send encrypted email to must join also, right?

Yes. But we made it super easy to invite people. Plus, after we fulfill all the perks to contributors, and to their invitees, we plan to include a 30 day free trial in the general public release. We want everyone to try it out risk-free, even if the ultimate risk is just 99 cents.

Can I use it on all my devices?

We’ll have apps for Mac, Windows, iOS (iPhone/iPad), and Android. You can send/receive your encrypted email on one device, or all of them. Totally up to you.

SecureMyEmail™ will be based in Geneva, Switzerland, to offer our customers the best available privacy laws. 

Do I have to use SecureMyEmail™ for all my email or can I continue to use a favorite email client or webmail if I like?

You can use SecureMyEmail™ for all your email or just the email you wish to encrypt, while still using another email client or webmail for general use. You just must use SecureMyEmail™ to read your encrypted email.

Yes.  Although we will be developing a business version that will provide organizations a dashboard to perform key and user management, Outlook integration, etc.,  SecureMyEmail™ fully supports any email address, including company domains.

I’m an old-school PGP user from way back. Is SecureMyEmail™ compatible?

Yes. You may even import your current PGP key into SecureMyEmail™ if you wish. We also provide methods to enable SecureMyEmail™ users to accept external PGP keys from their contacts if they so desire.