Are you having problems between your cool email service provider and corporate email providers?
For the purpose of this explanation, a “cool email provider” is a provider listed as signatories of the statement on Data Retention on this page:
https://lists.aktivix.org
or here:
https://help.riseup.net/en/security/resources/radical-servers
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What a masterclass on what not to do:
Firefox and IE give you that warning because they do not want to interact with indymedia’s certificate. Both browsers (most if not all) are part of the corporate world and only interact well with certificates created within the corporate world. Indymedia and friends keep out of the corporate world as much as possible. That is why they work with certificates that do not come from that world.
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If we would not accept to receive our bank statements on a postcard and we always seal our love letters, why do keep sending non-encrypted emails? Probably, because encrypting an email is not as simple as sealing an envelope. While it only takes a simple gesture to close an envelope, email encryption requires, namely: a pair of keys, a passphrase to activate them and a program to handle it all. One of the most popular ways to use encryption is probably with Thunderbird and its PGP plug-in. Once both are installed, it is all pretty intuitive.
But what do you do if you don’t even have a computer, and/or you have to use computers that are not yours, to connect to the internet? Continue reading