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The post would be better if it clarified what threat model they have in mind.

For tampering, PGP-signed email is helpful.

For protecting secret communication contents, PGP-encrypted email can be helpful to some degree.

For preventing a surveillance from knowing who you talk to, when, from where and what type of content you likely exchange, email cannot become secure.

I suspect it is the combination of the three the author has in mind.



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