[Xylakant]

From reading the service description, this is an encrypted messaging service that happens to have email notifications.

I can't write messages with my preferred mail client, can't read messages with my preferred mail client and I can't access my (old) messages while offline. non-protonmail-users will receive a notification with a link that they received a message, not the actual message that they can keep for archiving purposes, offline use etc. I wonder if and how they handle searching mailboxes.

Neat, but not mail.

edit: typo. darn.

[duaneb]

If you used your preferred mail client, it wouldn't be encrypted end to end. This isn't a resolvable difference without running a local mail server decrypting the messages.

[conorgil145]

Virtru integrates with your existing email client so that you can send end-to-end encrypted email from your existing email account: https://www.virtru.com/other-platforms

disclaimer: I am a software engineer at Virtru. Happy to address any questions/comments!

[Xylakant]

That sounds awfully like a DRM wrapper around the content. What happens if the virtru keystore goes down or is unreachable (temporarily or permanently). Do I have access to the messages I sent/received?

Can the sender retroactively change access to the content?

[spacefight]

Where's your warrant canary?

[Xylakant]

> If you used your preferred mail client, it wouldn't be encrypted end to end

No? Both S/MIME and GPG provide E2E encryption and work with traditional mail clients. Both provide offline access. They also have their problems, but that's another story.

My point is: This is a neat system. It certainly has it's own set of advantages and disadvantages, but it's a centralized system that does not work very much like mail. So don't call it mail.

[yellowapple]

> If you used your preferred mail client, it wouldn't be encrypted end to end.

Unless you and your recipient use something like GnuPG.