We're Obsessed with Your Email Security—So You Don't Have to Be

Most email services that claim to be “secure” are counting on you not to read the fine print.

They’ll toss around fancy terms like Opportunistic TLS — which sounds impressive until you realize it’s basically the duct tape of email security. Actually, duct tape is way cooler.

TLS (Transport Layer Security) was built for websites, not email. It only works if both sending and receiving servers are perfectly configured. When it does work, it simply creates an encrypted connection between servers — not end-to-end encryption.

And even then:

• The actual message body isn’t encrypted
• Subject lines and attachments aren’t encrypted
• Your email provider can still read everything
• If TLS fails (which happens more often than you’d think), your message just goes out in plain text

So while it feels secure, it’s really just “better than nothing” security — a thin blanket over a decades-old protocol that was never designed for privacy.

And the big players know it. They’ve just gotten really good at marketing the illusion.

SecureMyEmail doesn’t do illusions. We encrypt your actual messages, attachments, and replies — end-to-end, zero-knowledge, and on your terms. The way email security should’ve worked all along.

Let’s be honest — traditional email encryption was a mess.

To send someone an encrypted email, they usually had to:

• Download special software
• Create an account
• Exchange encryption keys
• Juggle passwords
• Or just give up entirely

It felt like encryption was designed by cryptographers for other cryptographers — not for regular people, not for businesses, and definitely not for your clients, patients, or partners.

SecureMyEmail fixes that.

Now, you can send a fully encrypted message to anyone — no matter what email service they use — and they don’t have to install anything or register for anything.

They just receive a secure link in their regular email and click on it. They are taken to a beautiful interface to read and reply to your message. They can even add attachments to send back to you. Everything is fully protected by encryption. It's so easy it's kind of alarming.

This is our most popular option — maximum ease with strong protection.

When you send an Encrypted message, here’s what happens:

• The message travels through a secure tunnel to our encrypted servers
• We generate a unique, temporary key to encrypt the message
• The recipient gets a secure link to view and reply
• You choose how long the message stays available (from one hour to forever)
• Messages are protected using layered encryption — including at-rest encryption using your unique OpenPGP keys — so they’re only accessible by you. Not your provider. Not a hacker. Not even us.
• All encryption is tied to your personal OpenPGP key, not stored credentials

There’s no password for the recipient, no registration, and no apps to install.

It’s secure, simple, and built for real-world use.

For super-sensitive messages or high-risk attachments, Encrypted+ delivers unbreakable end-to-end encryption — the kind where only you and your recipient can ever read the contents. Ever.

Here’s how it works:

• Your device encrypts the message before it ever leaves your hands.
• It uses ChaCha20-Poly1305 — a fast, modern, and highly trusted cipher.
• You and your recipient share a private password to unlock the message.
• Even if someone compromises their inbox, your message stays unreadable.
• You can share the password however you like — or just include a hint.

It adds a small extra step, but when you need absolute privacy and maximum protection, this is as good as it gets.