that’s fair im in the same boat
I could get them to use PGP but that’s about as far as it seems I can go with them as I have tried to get them to proton mail to no avail.
Besides I do primarily use Signal with friends and parents anyway so…. There’s that
Why do you try to teach or convince me (and others) to still use OpenPGP in > 2026?
I am in the privacy business for more than three decades, been back than in contact with the Cypherpunks, like Hal Finney etc, Had recently a nice conversation with Phil Zimmermann, who told me that last time he used PGP was fifteen years ago…
So, I think I know what I am talking about.
BTW. Regarding OpenPGP key servers and their decentralization and so- called censor resistance. All my public keys, back from 1995, have been removed by the key server operators and only fake keys with my real name are on them remaining. So much for the Web of Trust and I must admit I do not like people like RJH (GnuPG FAQ maintainer) who worked for two NSA contractors in the past.
I never implied everyone should use PGP
in fact I think everyone should use Signal over PGP Email but that was never the point
I was trying to talk to you in good faith in regards to your “Accessible” claim and what I think is more accessible than your solution. But instead of doing that you’re just trying to talk me down as if you’re always right.
I don’t think any solution is bad, yours could be just as good and on the Subject, Kryptos has the option for PGP but also has the option for encrypting with the golden standard Signal protocol and the ability to overlay those which makes for a more accessible solution.
for desktop you can very well use MicroCrypt or whatever better solution that could exist anyway than PGP…
Since you don’t wanna talk in good faith I will just drop it here with that final statement.
You are right, and to add, as soon as you tell a normie they can’t easily just search email or recover email because of encryption and lost keys, they VERY quickly stop caring about it, in fact, they start to resent it. But we’ll keep trying to get them there 
My impression is, S/MIME is, compared to PGP, widely adopted - first and foremost in the enterprise world (see Microsoft Exchange for example). Even gmail. So, yes, you should definitely give it a try
Most of the emails I send are also to businesses, and as long as those businesses do not use Gmail or any Big Tech provider, I don’t mind sending a non-EE2EE email. However, if they use Gmail, that’s when it could become an issue. I use aliases for everything. But if the information I’m sharing is sensitive, I will either send an E2EE or a password-protected PDF.
Many businesses today use WhatsApp, and if a business uses Gmail, I would rather contact them on WhatsApp because at least I can set the messages to self-destruct. I can also password-protect PDFs over WhatsApp or password protected links to my E2EE cloud service.
I rarely email friends or family these days. When I email family, it’s for family admin stuff. Otherwise I text them on Signal. Because I email my friends so rarely. I have no reservation about sending them an E2EE email, but I haven’t had to in years, because I can just text them.
This looks very interesting. If my contact needs Kryptos too, does that mean they need to use Kryptos keyboard to to send encrypted message and read them?
they dont need it but the keyboard is far more convenient and especially where if you do allow the accessibility setting (Finally, accessibility this time fits), it overlays the ciphertext in decrypted form.
I haven’t tried it myself but im willing to give it a spin with someone