Hey all! Mailpile tech lead here. Just wanted to say THANKS to those of you who helped make this happen so quickly.
Improving e-mail security, flawed as the underlying protocols may be, is long overdue. We don't promise perfection, but we do have clear ideas about things that can be improved and how. We strongly believe in a pragmatic, backwards compatible approach that helps people slowly migrate to better habits.
For some background on the wider philosophy of the project, check out the slides from my OHM presentation where I launched this: http://mailpile.is/files/OHM2013%20-%20Rescuing%20e-mail%20f... - this project is as much about rebooting FOSS e-mail development and fostering decentralization, as it is about encryption and security.
We will be posting more details to our blog at http://www.mailpile.is/blog/ as soon as we get stuff written down. :-)
Improving e-mail security, flawed as the underlying protocols may be, is long overdue. We don't promise perfection, but we do have clear ideas about things that can be improved and how. We strongly believe in a pragmatic, backwards compatible approach that helps people slowly migrate to better habits.
For some background on the wider philosophy of the project, check out the slides from my OHM presentation where I launched this: http://mailpile.is/files/OHM2013%20-%20Rescuing%20e-mail%20f... - this project is as much about rebooting FOSS e-mail development and fostering decentralization, as it is about encryption and security.
We will be posting more details to our blog at http://www.mailpile.is/blog/ as soon as we get stuff written down. :-)