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Thunderbird 78 Now Supports OpenPGP Out of the Box

posted by martyb on Monday August 31 2020, @06:30PM   

canopic jug writes:

9to5Linux is reporting on the new version of Thunderbird which now supports OpenPGP by default:

Thunderbird 78.2.1 has been released today and it finally enables the OpenPGP feature by default. That's amazing news for privacy and security fans enthusiasts using the open-source email client as they won't have to go to all the trouble of enabling OpenPGP in the latest Thunderbird 78 series.

After you update to Thunderbird 78.2.1, you'll be able to access the OpenPGP Key Manager window from the Tools menu by clicking on the hamburger menu on the right side of the window (see the screenshot above for details).

So as of Thunderbird 78.2.1, it will no longer be necessary to use the Enigmail add-on and that add-on ends on an amicable note. Enigmail for Thunderbird will be supported for 6 months now but will continue for Postbox.

Previously:
(2018) Google Takes Further Steps to Eliminate Third-Party E-Mail

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• Re:What is the advantage over SSL TLS, Re:What is the advantage over SSL TLS, (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Monday August 31 2020, @09:25PM (1 child)

  by MostCynical (2589) on Monday August 31 2020, @09:25PM (#1044711) Journal

  do not trust your server managers

  no, the problem is not trusting any government or TLA with (legal or not) access to the servers, or the links between the servers.

   

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• Re:What is the advantage over SSL TLS, (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 01 2020, @08:01PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 01 2020, @08:01PM (#1045065)

  right. remember when google engineers acted all surprised when all the emails between them and yahoo were being slurped up by the NSA. whoopsy!

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