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How to Use E-mail PGP Encryption

Every day internet users send more than 200 billion emails and this statistics makes anonymous e-mail a number one feature to use in day-to-day communication.

Below here is a step by step guide to set up PGP encryption and communicate securely online. The tutorial is developed using Privatoria E-mail service, though one can use any e-mail client supporting this feature. The device used in this installation wizard is MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite. Pay attention that you can set up PGP on any device, regardless of OS.

Step 1

Please login to your Control Panel and go to Services /Anonymous E-Mail / Go to your inbox. You will be redirected to your mail inbox.

Step 2

Go to Settings section in the right top corner of your page. Click Open PGP – Enable OpenPGP – Save.

To start sending encrypted emails you need to first of all generate a KEY and send it to the recipient.

Click on Generate new key. It is recommended to set own password on this step and use it each and every time you want to send/receive encrypted emails. It provides additional security meaning that your PGP email can never be decrypted and/or your  signature is really yours! Please note that this password cannot be reset, but you can create a new one in case you forget it 🙂

Click Generate and wait for about half a minute until it is being generated. Once ready, you will see the following screen

To send an encrypted email you will need to use Public Key. Click View and then choose Send.

Step 3

You will be redirected to email interface ready to send your email. Send this email to the recipient first and wait until they send you their key. Once received click Import. Now, once the key is received you can proceed with sending the actual both-end encrypted email. Type in the recipient’s email, add subject  and body of your email.

To finalize the encryption click on PGP Sign/Encrypt and proceed further. You will receive a message “OpenPGP supports plain text only. Click OK to remove all the formatting and continue.” Click OK.

NB! Private key is your own key that encrypts the data and is being generated for you only.

Email recipient should use any email client supporting PGP encryption function.

 

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