It&#x27;s a good step, but a very small step. It&#x27;s been a long time since the Snowden leaks. You&#x27;re pretty much naked to state surveillance without:<p>a) An open source client that encrypts your mail
b) A public key resource with a web-of-trust<p>All the major Web portals&#x2F;ecosystems could lock the spooks out of email payloads very effectively. That would still leave other issues to solve, but securing payload in flight and at rest seems like the first real milestone that makes a difference.