We're obsessed with your email security so you don't have to be.

Most email providers, that even care about security, force you to rely on what is called "opportunistic TLS." Although this method "usually" (not always) protects the email in transit, it offers zero protection for the email after it arrives or is stored (which almost all emails are). It should not be relied upon.

Many email providers also make inaccurate or misleading claims about how they secure or encrypt your email. No matter what they say, they, almost always, maintain backdoor access to your emails and attachments. This puts them at risk to hacking and data breaches even if the provider has the best of intentions.

Our philosophy is that you, not your email provider, should ultimately control the privacy and security of your email.

If sending an encrypted email hasn't been hard enough, historically, have you ever received one? Not only do they usually look frightening, they can be a lot of work.

With SecureMyEmail, recipients do NOT have to use SecureMyEmail, download anything, register for anything, or even use a password.

They just receive a regular email with a secure link to access the encrypted email and attachments. Note: If the recipient IS a SecureMyEmail customer, they should use their software or mobile apps to view the message.

To maximize security and convenience for senders and recipients, we provide two options when you send an encrypted email. We call them "Encrypted" and "Encrypted+." Catchy, right?

Our wonderfully easy Encrypted option transmits your email via encrypted tunnel to our secure systems, where we generate unique and ephemeral encryption keys to secure the message and its contents. We then send an email to the recipient to let them know they have an encrypted message from you.

You may also choose how long the recipient has to access the message before it is purged from our systems. From one hour up to as long as you want. Note that you, as the sender, always retain a secure and encrypted copy of the message for archiving and in case you need to resend it.

Recipients then access your encrypted email on our secure servers via an encrypted tunnel generated via the link they received. They may then reply, add attachments of their own, and the email is then fully encrypted for its return trip back to you.

The main advantage of this option is the recipient doesn't need to deal with a password to access the email. This is a very unique advantage SecureMyEmail has versus other approaches.

The email is then encrypted at rest using your unique 4096-bit OpenPGP keys and zero-knowledge secret password.

This is a "best of both worlds" option because you can just "send away" to any email on Earth knowing everything is fully protected and compliant with security requirements, such as HIPAA and the GDPR.

If you need email encryption even aliens can't hack, the Encrypted+ option adds an additional layer of security with symmetrical encryption utilizing the renowned ChaCha20-Poly1305 cipher suite.

Your email and contents are encrypted before they even leave your device with a "zero knowledge" password that you create.

This means that no one, and we mean no one, ever has the means to decrypt the email without the password.

In fact, even if your recipient, or their email provider, is hacked, even the hacker cannot access the email or its contents without the password. There is no more secure method to encrypt email.

The only inconvenience is you must create the password that your recipient must enter to decrypt the message. Usually this is sent via "another channel" such as text or voice, or you can use the included "hint" field to ask them something only they would know.