Native GPG implementation in Mail app
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- JavaScript
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Messages are send in plain text
Describe the solution you'd like
Email encryption is the best way to maintain confidentiality and privacy, especially when handling personal data. Native support for GPG (like in Thunderbird) will allow you to send such emails without any problems.
Describe alternatives you've considered
You can use mailenvelope but your browser need an extension
Additional context
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the Mail app's existing message-sending flow and the native GPG support requested in the issue. Compare the requested experience with Thunderbird and the Mailvelope browser-extension alternative; done means users can send encrypted email without that extension.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100