Stop Using Encrypted Email
>If messages can be sent in plaintext, they will be sent in plaintext.I don't buy that argument. There's definitely ways to fix this, and the best example right now is Signal.I use Signal as my SMS app as well. This gives me a single interface for all my messages: For contacts without Signal, messages get exchanged as SMS. But for contacts with Signal, the conversations become end-to-end encrypted automatically. There are UI hints (Signal conversations have padlocks beside messages and a blue send button, vs a grey one) but overall it's seamless and transparent.This is totally possible with email too: look up if the receiving end has a PGP key published (PKA[1], SKS[2]) and auto-encrypt if they do. It'd be nice if we had an email client that did this.[1] https://keyserver.mattrude.com/guides/public-key-association...[2] https://sks-keyservers.net/