Mailvelope is a free and open-source browser extension for Chrome and Firefox that makes using PGP on your Mac about as easy as PGP is ever likely to get.
Please check out our full Mailvelope How-to guide for a detailed look at how it works.
Secure Privacy Email Options 2022 Method 2: GPGTools with GPG Mail #Gpg suite how to get a public key full The most common implementation of OpenPGP is Privacy Guard (also known as GnuPG or just GPG). GPG on its own is a basic command-line tool, but GPGTools for macOS provides a GUI interface and advanced features. It is worth noting that in 2018 GPGTools make headlines due its vulnerability to the EFAIL attack which affected all versions of PGP at the time. Since GPGTools 2018.2, however, this vulnerability has been patched. GPGTools is free, but the GPG Mail plugin for Apple Mail is designed to help fund the open-source project and costs $22. This is a one-off fee, but you do need to pay again for new versions as they are released.ĭo please make sure to verify the download before installing it. #Gpg suite how to get a public key download During installation, stick with all the default settings. Open the GPG Keychain app, select New (the + sign) and fill in the relevant details. You can leave the Advanced options alone or play with them as you please. This will allow others to find it using your email address so that they can send you secure PGP-encrypted emails.ĭo please be aware, though, that once a public key is uploaded to a keyserver it cannot be deleted. The keyserver will send you an email asking you to confirm the upload. You will see your newly created key in the GPG Keychain. If you already have a keypair then you can import it by clicking the Import button. You can then right-click on it -> Send Public Key to Keyserver. In order to send a PGP-encrypted email, you will need the recipient's public key. If they have already sent it to you (as an email attachment, for example) then you can import it using GPG Keychain.
If you already have it, then you can search by email address for public keys that have been uploaded to a key server. Once you have found the key you want, simply import it into your GPG Keychain.
If you're using an up-to-date version of macOS (10.14 Mojave+), you will need to enable GPG in Mail. To do this, Go to Preferences -> General -> Manage Plug-ins and enable the GPGMailLoader.mailbundle plug-in. Then simply compose an email as normal, ensuring that OpenPGP is selected in the new green drop-down button to the top right of the compose screen.
When you have finished writing your message you can sign and/or encrypt it using the two buttons to the right of the Subject line:Ī) Sign - this verifies that the email was sent by yourself.