Only a minority encrypts emails

Published on: September 27, 2018 / Update from: October 1, 2018 - Author: Konrad Wolfenstein

Three quarters of German internet users think it is important to be able to encrypt emails so that only the recipient can read them. This emerges from a current survey commissioned by WEB.DE and GMX . In fact, only 13.5 percent of respondents use end-to-end encryption. But why do online users fail to secure their communication? 46.6 percent found the procedure too time-consuming. A similar number say that they simply don't know how to do it.

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