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And you'll notice it's conveniently not in the Chrome Web Store (where the average user can easily install it). It's better than nothing, but it is a bit transparent to have this tool yet not release it into their Web Store (or even better standard in Chrome).

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Maybe I'm too demanding, but it seems like all the main web portal/social network providers have the tools at hand to make email secure against the state actor threat: Protocol standards that enable use of open clients, and a social graph and real-time communication tools that would enable a web-of-trust and key signing to prevent MITM. Their ad revenue per user is small and easily replaced by a subscription fee for using their web-of-trust and storage infrastructure.

It's not finished yet.

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