How to Send Encrypted Emails using Google Chrome & Gmail


Email is a very popular and most important service on the internet. Many professional websites have their own email and almost every person have its own email for personal use. There are many websites which provides email services for free, some of them are
1. Google (Gmail)
2. Microsoft (Live & Outlook)
3. Yahoo!
These 3 email service providers work great in all over the world. Over a billion of people use their emails. Google is providing lot of great facility for users who use their services. Recently Google adds SMS service to Gmail, through which users can send messages through email.


Encrypted Emails:

Encrypted Emails, is they safe and secure mail? Many companies are reading your incoming and outgoing emails for gov. privacy or any other rule. To secure your emails from the company, Encrypted emails are the best way to send secure emails. Let's learn how it works.

Requirements:

Steps to Send Encrypted Emails:

Step 1: Install the Google Chrome and the extension given in the above link.

Secure Mail for Gmail

Step 2: After installing the extension, open Gmail and log in to your account.
Step 3: Now click on the "Lock" icon to compose a Encrypted Email.

Gmail Secure Compose Icon

Step 4: Compose the email and send it to your friend, your friend must have this extension to view your email.

Gmail Secure Mail Compose Box


The mail you sent to your friend, will show look like this

Gmail Encrypted Email

Step 5: To view the original mail, click on the "Decrypt message with password" and type the password that you have entered while sending mail to your friend, or tell him/her the password that you entered while sending mail.

Gmail Message Encryption

I hope this will help you to keep your privacy more secure :)
Thanks for reading this article.
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