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Support => Technical support => Topic started by: neurocortex on June 14, 2012, 06:42 pm
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I'm super frustrated with using GPG. There is no GUI for my OS, and even if you know what you're doing (I dont), encrypting and deencrypting messages is slow and highly error-prone.
I was thinking about using tormail for messaging (accessed through the Tor browser). I see that some vendors on SR do this. Is this secure? Seems like it would be.
Does anyone have informed opinions on the security of using tormail instead of GPG for messaging?
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I'm super frustrated with using GPG. There is no GUI for my OS, and even if you know what you're doing (I dont), encrypting and deencrypting messages is slow and highly error-prone.
I was thinking about using tormail for messaging (accessed through the Tor browser). I see that some vendors on SR do this. Is this secure? Seems like it would be.
Does anyone have informed opinions on the security of using tormail instead of GPG for messaging?
Hi Neurocortex,
I'm sorry you don't have a GUI for GPG in your OS, can I suggest you try using GPG4USB? It runs on both Windows and Linux and as the name suggests you can install it to a USB stick, it has a very simple GUI which is why it's my favourite!
On to your question : the general recommendation is that you use Tormail *with* GPG - GPG simply encrypts your text for you but you naturally need to use Tormail to send it to another user so they can decode and read it. If you need any help with this, please ask.
V.