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Im not suggesting it be the only source of email just a guaranteed source that won't go away and allow for more secure email from the government. people can still go crazy on whatever email provider they want but gmail makes up a huge amount and I mean.... I would expect encryption like that. I know folks will say government won't do that but look at our mail system and how its setup. It can be done. The safest way to safeguard an item from search is to put it in an addressed and stamped envelope.
Well, you can easily tell if an envelope has been tampered with. For email, on the other hand, it's more difficult for the average folk. And again, Gmail is also sharing information with the government (okay, it's mostly the US government, but still).
Imo, we need more providers like Proton, Tuta, Mailbox dot org etc. and probably more education into how one could protect their data and so on.
I still want something thats guaranteed for life and recoverable so your life is not upended if a company goes belly up. its just to important now.