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The Best Free Ways to Send Encrypted Email and Secure Messages
Do you need to send someone sensitive information through email? Regular email is sent in the clear and therefore is
subject to interception by hackers. However, there are many options for sending private, sensitive information securely
through email.
We have collected some links to sites providing solutions for sending secure email, secure one-time messages, and secure
instant messaging, and encrypting les to send through email.
Infoencrypt is a free, web-based service for easily securing your messages. Simply enter the text of your message and the
encryption password that will be used for both encryption and decryption. The program encrypts your message using a
strong encryption algorithm, making it secure to send. Anyone who intercepts the encrypted message without the
password will not be able to read the original message.
Infoencrypt does not require installation on your PC.
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SafeGmail is a free extension for Google Chrome that allows you to send encrypted emails to anyone. The messages are
encrypted and decrypted within the browser and remain encrypted in both the senders and receivers email inboxes. The
messages also automatically expire after a random amount of time.
SafeGmail works with any recipient email provider. For more information about using SafeGmail [discontinued], see our
article.
RMail allows you to easily send emails with end-to-end security and compliance. Send encrypted email from your current
email address (10 free messages allowed per month) and automatically receive a Registered Receipt record proving
encrypted delivery and compliance with open tracking.
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Sendinc is a web-based service that makes it safe and simple to transmit sensitive information via email. You and your
recipients can use Sendinc for free. No software is required.
Sendinc secures your message by ensuring that your data remains encrypted from the time it leaves your computer
through the time your recipients retrieve it. At no point in the process is your message data transmitted or stored in an
unencrypted format. Sendinc further ensures the safety of your messages by verifying your recipients are in fact your
intended recipients.
Messages are encrypted with a powerful randomly-generated encryption key that is emailed to your recipients in the form
of a link. Sendinc does not save a copy of your recipients encryption keys and your message can not be decrypted without
the key not even by Sendinc. This means only your recipients can decode the message data.
Hushmail is a secure web-based free email service that looks and feels just like any other web-mail site, but adds strong
encryption to your emails to protect your secrets from prying eyes. It uses standards-compliant encryption and provides
mobile access (Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, etc.).
Paid plans are also available that provide additional storage, unlimited email aliases, dedicated technical support, and
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desktop access.
Lockbin is a free web application for sending private email messages and les. Lockbin ends message persistence, which
means your email message will not be backed up on email servers or stored in backup les. Network sniers can also spy
on your email trac while in transit. Use Lockbin to obscure the content of your message and avoid these hazards to your
privacy.
No registration is required to use Lockbin. Your message and le attachments are protected by strong AES-256 bit
encryption and your secret password. You invent the password and deliver it to the recipient using a dierent secure
method, not email.
The free plan allows one user to send secure messages with secure le attachments up to 15MB. Files are stored for up to
one month. You can also download free Lockbin Java desktop software and a free Microsoft Outlook add-in for sending
and receiving Lockbin messages. There are also paid plans providing more features and allowing for larger limits on le
attachments and for more users
iSafeguard is a software package that provides easy-to-use and highly secure encryption and digital signature solutions for
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everyone from big companies to individual users. The software allows you to sign and encrypt les, folders, and emails and
verify digital signatures and countersignatures. It provides a secure text editor and allows you to wipe les, folders, and
free disk space. It also integrates with the Windows shell.
The freeware edition of their software is for non-business, individual users. Although it lacks some of the features the
enterprise and professional editions have it does provide powerful encryption and digital signatures capabilities, and
security is as strong as the enterprise and professional editions.
All editions support using certicates from any Certicate Authorities, and handle certicate status checking automatically.
Sbwave Enkryptor is a free service that encrypts text messages for email delivery. The encrypted email is entered and sent
via a web form. The recipient receives the encrypted message in a similar form, then simply enters the encryption code you
chose and the message is decrypted.
There is no software to install, nothing to sign up for, and no ads attached to the messages. The service requires an
encryption code that both you and the recipient know and a mail client that understands HTML such as Outlook Express,
Netscape Messenger, Hotmail, NetZero, Lycos or any number of free email systems.
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Safe-mail is a highly secure communication, storage, sharing and distribution system for the Internet. It provides email,
instant messaging, data distribution, data storage, and le sharing tools in a suite of applications that enables businesses
and individuals to communicate and store data with privacy and condence. Every application is secured by stateof-the-art encryption ensuring the highest level protection and privacy to users. Within the overall system as with each
application, security is not an add-on feature but has been designed into the fundamental architecture of the system.
The system is available at any time and from any location using any device or operating system, be it PC or Macintosh,
Windows or Unix, Sun or i-mode enabled wireless device.
Safe-mails free service contains ALL the functionality of the Safe-mail system but is limited to 3Mb of storage space, less
names in the address book, less folders, lters, smaller mail quota and reduced frequency of backup. To increase access to
these resources, they oer a range of Premium Services.
There are no advertisements, downloads or cookies. Safe-mail supports most hardware platforms and any operating
system. Includes le storage, spam lters and anti virus protection. Full compatibility with most browsers, email clients and
all relevant protocols including POP, SMTP, IMAP, S/MIME and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
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Enigmail is a security extension to Mozilla Thunderbird and Seamonkey. It enables you to write and receive email messages
signed and/or encrypted with the OpenPGP standard. Enigmail can also be used with Eudora OSE and Postbox (using a
Postbox extension).
Enigmail is an email plugin. It cannot be run by itself. You need to use one of the supported email clients, the GNU Privacy
Guard (GnuPG), and a little patience. You may also need to install the proper Enigmail language pack.
Comodo Free Secure Email Certicate allows you to protect your digital communications. The digital signature ensures
condentiality and provides secure message encryption with up to 256-bit security. The Comodo Free Secure Email
Certicate is free for personal use, integrates with Microsoft Oce and major applications, and is trusted by popular
email clients.
Email certicates provide the strongest levels of condentiality and security for your electronic communications by
allowing you to digitally sign and encrypt your mail and attachments. Encryption means that only your intended recipient
will be able to read the mail while digitally signing allows them to conrm you as the sender and verify the message was
not tampered with en route. Comodos email certicates are free for personal/home users and are available from as little
as $12 per year for business users.
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Mobrien.com oers a free encrypted email service that transmit your email text message in an encrypted form so that it
cannot be parsed for key words while en route. What happens once it is stored on the receivers computer is up to them
and the protective security measures they have enabled.
Your e-mail remains encrypted from the time it is sent and until it is received and decrypted by the intended recipient. The
recipient automatically receives instructions for decrypting messages. No unencrypted message is transmitted across the
internet.
Between transmissions, when your e-mail is stored on mail servers, the message remains encrypted and the content
cannot be snied for specic key words, which is the manner in which email eavesdroppers select the emails they want
to read.
Using Mobrien.coms encrypted email service, there is no need to exchange passwords or complex public key details with
encrypted email recipients. The recipients are automatically sent instructions for deciphering the encrypted email. Sending
an encrypted email message using Mobrien.com is as simple as sending an ordinary email with a web client. Other email
encryption methods require the sender and receiver to exchange public keys which is complicated, inconvenient, and not
very practical when spontaneously sending encoded email messages.
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SafeMess allows you to encrypt any message text in a few seconds. After the encryption is done, your message will appear
unreadable to the human eye. Then you can send your message to a friend or save it to a le for later use. Your friend will
only be able to read the message if he or she enters the secret password that you have chosen.
SafeMess can be used on any message and is suitable when the communication is done via an unsecured channel (like
mail, IM, chat, etc.) or when you want to hide information from robots or lters.
The encryption script always runs locally in the browser on your computer. Therefore, your secret password and message
will never be sent over the Internet to the SafeMess server.
Currently, you cannot encrypt more than 32 kilobytes of data (that is more than 10 printed pages of text) using SafeMess.
All character sets are supported, including US, European, Cyrillic, Chinese and Japanese as long as the browser has support
for UTF-8 encoding.
You can use SafeMess in any modern web browser with JavaScript enabled. They have successfully tested it in Internet
Explorer 6+, Firefox 2+, Chrome 2+, Safari 3+ , Opera 9+ and Opera Mini. You should also be able to use SafeMess on
advanced phones and PDAs, such as iPhone and Android devices. However, it does not work with older Nokia and Sony
Ericsson phones.
Crypto Anywhere is a program that is small enough to t on a USB ash drive, providing free secure email on the go. Dont
have a computer yourself but want to protect your web based e-mail at your local internet cafe? Crypto Anywhere is for
you. If you run Crypto Anywhere from a USB ash drive, you can encrypt your email without even installing software on
your workstation. With Crypto Anywhere you can send and receive secure email to and from anyone with an email account
the recipients do not have to have Crypto Anywhere themselves.
Crypto Anywhere is free for personal and corporate use.
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Opolis is a high-security email service. Combining the latest E-Mail security technologies, Opolis transmits, processes and
stores all your condential messages in encrypted mode. Accessible from all over the world, Opolis operates on your PC in
parallel to standard email applications, such as Microsofts Outlook or Apples Mail. The Opolis Mail Client runs on any
machine and does not require any specic conguration.
Opolis is a fully integrated service provider for all your condential emails, combining a global infrastructure, server
systems, backup facilities, storage and customer service.
Mailvelope is an easy-to-use Chrome extension that oers free, OpenPGP encryption for the most popular webmail
services. It comes precongured for major webmail providers (Gmail/Google Apps, Outlook, Yahoo! and GMX) and
integrates directly into the webmail user interface. It can also be congured to support other webmail services.
A Firefox version of Mailvelope is currently in development. An early preview can be found in the GitHub repository.
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Trend Micro Email Encryption Client is a plug-in for Microsoft Outlook that enables secure, condential and private email
communications between you and any of your Outlook contacts.
Since regular email is transmitted in the clear, it is vulnerable to interception and eavesdropping on the internet and by
online email providers such as Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail. Safe, secure, and free for non-commercial use, Trend Micro
Email Encryption Client ensures that no one except you and your recipients can read your encrypted email messages and
attachments.
Simply click the Send Private button from Outlook to encrypt your email message and any attachments with 256-bit AES,
the same encryption standard approved for used by US government agencies.
Crypt4Free is a free program that allows you to encrypt every kind of le on every kind of medium, whether oppy disk,
removable hard drive, zip drive, tape drive or other, using the proven encryption algorithm, DESX. It oers full .zip support,
providing the ability to browse for existing .zip archives, extract their contents, and even create new .zip archives.
The program also allows you to send encrypted les and messages via the internet and to encrypt email text (or any other
text message) to send it securely via e-mail, chat, or instant messengers like ICQ, AOL Messenger, Microsoft Messenger,
etc. The recipient must enter the password to read this message.
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Crypt4Free provides a user privacy tool that removes all internet traces, such as URL history, typed URLs, Favorites, Recycle
Bin, typed passwords in web forms, etc. There is also a built-in le shredder that allows you to wipe the contents of the
original, pre-encrypted le.
The company that oers Crypt4Free, SecureAction, also sells a program called Advanced Encryption Package Professional
for $49.95. The program oers features not available in the freeware version, such as creation of self-extracting archives,
integration with Windows Explorer, complete command line support, RSA algorithm support, and 17 additional encryption
algorithms and 19 additional secure les erasure algorithms.
dsCrypt is an AES/Rijndael le encryption program with a simple, multi-le, drag-and-drop interface. It features optimal
implementation, performance and safety measures. dsCrypt uses an advanced encryption algorithm and oers unique
options for enhanced security. It is available as a small, self-contained, and dependency-free le you can run on your PC or
on a USB ash drive.
Files you encrypt are converted into encrypted .dsc les. If you use dsCrypt to send a private message to someone via
email, the recipient simply has to drag and drop a .dsc le onto the dsCrypt program window, type the correct password,
and the le will be decrypted and made usable again.
MEO is le encryption software for Windows or Mac or Windows that allow you to encrypt and decrypt les of any type.
Protect sensitive data against unauthorized viewers with the latest data encryption technologies to keep your documents
safe and secure.
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Use MEO to easily send encrypted emails, or create self-extracting encrypted les so the receiver can open the encrypted
les on any Windows or Mac computer without needing to install the encryption software on their machine. MEO also
provides context menu integration so you can encrypt les outside of the MEO program.
The free version is available for non-commercial use.
Encrypt Files is a free, lightweight but powerful program that allows you to encrypt your les and folders and password
protect them. It supports 13 encryption methods. You have the option to shred the original les after encryption or to
make the les hidden after encryption. The software must be installed on both the senders and recipients computers.
When you encrypt a le, a new copy of the le is created that is encrypted, leaving the original le alone. You can then
choose leave, delete, or shred the original le.
ThreadThat is a free web-based service that allows you to easily conduct online, bi-directional, passkey-protected,
anonymous communication using secure threads in your own private, encrypted message center. A secure thread is a
series of exchanges between two or more individuals arranged in one convenient continuous conversation that can be
accessed with a single mouse click. There is no limit to the number of messages or les on a Thread and no limitation on
the length of time the conversation spans. All messages and les are encrypted while in-transit and while at-rest and can
only be accessed by other invited ThreadThat users. Threads only exist on ThreadThat servers, never on an end-user
computing device.
ThreadThat does not require that you download and install any software and there is no advertising, games, SPAM, or
malware.
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Burn Note is a free web application that allows you to have private conversations online. Enter a note and protect it with a
password. When you click Send, a link is generated. Send the link and communicate the password to the recipient. Once
they have read the note, or the specied time period has passed, the note self destructs. The recipient can securely reply
to your note.
Every message on Burn Note is automatically deleted and uses patent-pending technology to prevent copying. Deleted
Burn Notes are completely erased from the Burn Note servers after a certain amount of time you specify, so it is
impossible for anyone to retrieve them.
QuickForget.com is a free, web-based service that allows you to share secret messages that self destruct after a set
amount of time. Enter a message and get a link you can share with the recipient of your message. You can set the number
of views allowed and also the amount of time before the message self-destructs. Once a message is deleted, it is gone
forever. If you try to access to access the message after it is deleted, a message displays, saying, Sorry, Ive already
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forgotten the secret.
Privnote is a free service that allows you to send private message that self-destruct after being read once. You do not need
to register or create a password. You simply write your note, click the red button to create a link, and then send that link to
the desired recipient. When the person accesses that link, they will see the note in their browser, and the note
automatically self-destructs. No one, not even the same person who viewed the note, can access the note again.
There is no time limit by which the link must be viewed or it will be self-destructed. The one feature Privnote has that
OneShar.es does not is a check box that allows you to receive notication when the message has been read.
OneShar.es is a free service that allows you to share condential information with others that you dont want to send
through email or post on instant messaging services. The information shared is encrypted from you to OneShar.es and
stored encrypted. OneShar.es cannot read your information. It is assigned a unique URL that you can share. The provided
URL can only be accessed once. Once someone visits the URL you send them, the information is unlocked so they can view
it, and then the message is deleted. You can specify minutes, hours, or days by which the message will be self-destructed if
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not viewed. The maximum amount of time is 3 days.
OneShar.es does not require a password or registration and can also be used on Android and iOS devices.
How-To Geek previously showed you how to use OneShar.es to send self-destructing sensitive information to someone.
Steganos LockNote is a small, simple program that allows you to store private text in lessecurely. For example, if you
purchase a download-only program, you can use LockNote to store the product key or serial number that goes with that
program in the same folder, so you always know where to nd it. The program works like Windows Notepad, but when you
save the le, youll be prompted for a password.
In addition to using LockNote to store personal, private data, you can use LockNote to send someone a private message.
Enter your message in LockNote, password-protect the message, and then send the LockNote le to your recipient via
email. When your recipient opens the LockNote le on their PC, all they have to do is enter the password and they can read
your message.
You can also add protection to the le by putting it in a secure, encrypted vault using an encryption program. We list some
options for that later in this article.
For more information about using LockNote, see our article.
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Free File Camouage is a free program that allows you to hide your les inside a jpeg image. The software can be used with
the main interface or via the Windows Explorer send to context menu (the rst time you only need to select a directory
with some images).
All the les are encrypted using AES and hidden inside an image. If someone tried to open your camouaged image, all
they see is the image.
If you use this method to send someone a private text message in a le hidden inside an image, the recipient must use
Free File Camouage to de-camouage the le. If sending the camouaged image through email, we recommend that you
add a password when encrypting the le into an image.
For more information about using Free File Camouage, see our article.
The remaining two options for securing data allow you to create encrypted le vaults in which you can store private les.
As long as your recipient knows the password required to open the vault, you can use this method to send private
information to people via email. Simply attach the encrypted vault le to an email message.
If you are looking for a simple and powerful way to encrypt everything from system drives to backup discs to everything in
between, TrueCrypt is a free, open-source tool that will help you lock up your les. It is an on-the-y encryption application
that allows you to work with encrypted les as you would work on les located on a regular drive. TrueCrypt allows you to
create a virtual, encrypted disk within a le and mounts it like a real hard drive. Encryption in TrueCrypt is automatic and
transparent, as well as real-time.
Once you have created your virtual, encrypted disk in a le, you can email that le. The recipient needs to have the
TrueCrypt software installed and the password used to protect the le.
For more information, see our guides on getting started with TrueCrypt and hiding your data in a TrueCrypt hidden
volume.
SafeHouse Explorer is a free, portable encryption program available to everyone as a free download in order to promote
data privacy and to help you to protect your condential les. It makes your secret les invisible and hides them from
snoopers, intruders and anyone else who doesnt have your permission to view them. Use SafeHouse Explorer to create
private storage vaults to store sensitive les. These vaults can be as large as 2GB each.
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SafeHouse Explorer uses passwords and maximum-strength 256-bit Twosh advanced encryption to protect your storage
vaults, completely hiding and defending your sensitive les, including photos, videos, spreadsheets, databases and just
about any other kind of le that you might have. The program can protect les residing on any drive, including memory
sticks, external USB drives, network servers, CD/DVDs, and even iPods. SafeHouse Explorer is easy to use, providing a
Windows Explorer-like drag-and-drop interface.
If you use SafeHouse Explorer to send someone private information via email, your recipient can access the SafeHouse
storage vault using the free SafeHouse Explorer program. However, you can also create a self-extracting .exe encrypted
storage vault that your recipient can simply run to open and access the les within the vault. Creating a self-extracting .exe
le automatically includes the SafeHouse Explorer program in the storage vault le. When you run the le and enter the
password, SafeHouse Explorer starts and the storage vault is automatically opened.
SafeHouse Explorer is a full featured program and will never expire.
Sophos Free Encryption is a program that allows you to send encrypted data by creating password-protected archives you
can send using most email programs. When you encrypt your data, the les are automatically compressed and the
archives are automatically added to new email messages. Encrypted les can be self-extracting so recipients dont need
special software to open the le; all they will need is the password.
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If you have discovered other useful methods of sending sensitive information through email, let us know in the comments.
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