An e-mail subject not being encrypted by PGP should be prominently mentioned
Privacy Guides Community [Unofficial]
March 15, 2026
Vultuli:
> Subject is not metadata, it is often a distilled version of the message itself, or at least usually contains significant amount of information.
I feel like this is highly debatable. It depends on how you use email for private and sensitive correspondance and what you write in your subject line.
Vultuli:
> I would expect a big red box in the “Email Encryption Overview”, not a minor mention in the Metadata section.
Why exactly?
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