{"id":4591,"date":"2018-08-03T16:09:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T16:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2018\/08\/03\/email-encryption-do-you-need-to-bother\/"},"modified":"2023-11-27T15:08:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T20:08:26","slug":"email-encryption-do-you-need-to-bother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/email\/email-encryption-do-you-need-to-bother\/","title":{"rendered":"Email Encryption, Do You Need to Bother?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may not know if you need email encryption until you definitely do<\/em> need it. Email encryption is a great way of sharing secret information with people you trust: coworkers, family, friends, or even a large media organization.<\/p>\n

All of our Shared webhosting<\/a>\u00a0accounts come with a fully featured cPanel that lets you create the necessary security keys to encrypt emails.<\/div>\n

Lots of people are doing it. If you see anyone online advertising their “public key”, you can use that key to encrypt a private message that only they can read.<\/p>\n

How Do You Trust a Public Key?<\/h2>\n

There are websites that exist for the sole purpose of veriyfing peoples’ public keys. These are known as “keyserver” databases. Each key has a unique identifier: a string of random characters. If other people have signed that key, that means it’s been verified by those people as the correct key. This is sometimes known as a “web of trust”.<\/p>\n

You May Not Need Email Encryption<\/h2>\n

If you’re exchanging email within your organization and have no privacy concerns, there’s no need to worry about encrypting your messages. Your need is determined by your own standards.<\/p>\n

Check with your organization’s IT person. Let them know you’re interested in email encryption benefits and drawbacks. They’ll inform you of your options.<\/p>\n

Don’t have an IT person? That’s ok. We’ve written some guides in our Support Center that provide some introductory and technical information that may be of help to you:<\/p>\n