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  • Funding for research project on post-quantum cryptography acquired.

    We are happy to announce that the Leibniz University Hanover and the secure email service Tutanota have jointly acquired EU funding for a research project in post-quantum cryptography. Cryptography experts estimate that quantum computers will be able to break widely used encryption algorithms in a few years. With the progress in developing quantum computers, it is time to future-proof Tutanota's encryption algorithms against potential attacks from quantum computers.

  • Encrypted messages are under attack: The crypto wars continue.

    Encrypted messages are on the rise, particularly since WhatsApp and iMessage encrypt messages by default - similar to Tutanota's encrypted emails. But authorities all over the world keep pushing for encryption backdoors, ignoring the fact that this would substantially harm everybody's security. Now, the conservative Politician Horst Seehofer (CSU) wants to force WhatsApp, Threema and Apple to implement backdoors. The crypto wars continue, and we have to keep fighting for our right to privacy and for secure emails and messages.

  • Release Notes: Embedded images are now supported in Tutanota.

    We are happy to announce that we have updated Tutanota. Your encrypted emails now support embedded images for sent and received emails.

  • Release Notes 3.51.0: Customize the notification email for your secure emails.

    We are happy to announce that we have updated our encrypted email service Tutanota: You can now customize the notification email sent to external recipients of your encrypted emails. This feature is available as a whitelabel feature. In the past, lots of businesses using Tutanota to send secure emails have requested to configure the notification email to their customers.

  • Tutanota launches Secure Connect, an encrypted contact form, to support Press Freedom

    Today we are launching Secure Connect – an open source encrypted contact form. Secure Connect is a great tool for any website that wants to offer an encrypted email channel for a secure and confidential communication with anyone directly on their website. To support Press Freedom, Secure Connect is free for news sites so that whistleblowers can get in touch with journalists securely.

  • Let's Encrypt the Web: Interview with Sarah from Let's Encrypt

    Tutanota has implemented support for Let's Encrypt for whitelabel domains to make the issuing and updating of certificates automatic for our users. Let's Encrypt is a great free service run by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) with the aim of creating a more secure and privacy-respecting Web. We have asked Sarah from Let's Encrypt why a free certificate authority (CA) was and is necessary and how Let's Encrypt has changed the Web.

  • Release Notes 3.50.1: Speeding up search and making use of own domains easier.

    We are excited to let you know that we have updated Tutanota. It now comes with an even faster search feature for your encrypted emails & contacts and with support for Let's Encrypt for whitelabel domains. We have also updated the lanuages in Tutanota: Newly supported languages such as Russian, Japanese, Ukranian and Turkish are now 100% complete!

  • Release Notes: Send mail performance improved

    We are happy to announce that we have released a performance improvement on the server this week. This will make sending of emails much faster, particularly when you are sending emails to several recipients and with large attachments. Now we are working on integrating Let's Encrypt for whitelabel domains.

  • To encrypt or not to encrypt - that's what Danish businesses must decide.

    Since January 1, 2019, a strict interpretation of the GDPR requires Danish businesses to protect personal data in emails with adequate encryption. Praised by privacy advocates around the world, this also raises a lot of questions: Is the use of end-to-end encryption in emails now compulsory for Danish businesses? And how does this affect businesses outside of Denmark?

  • Special offer for non-profit organizations: Secure your emails for free

    We are happy to announce that non-profit organizations (NPOs) can get the business version of Tutanota free of charge. At Tutanota we believe that we as societies can do better when it comes to human rights. We are working hard to change the world for the better. NPOs that dedicate their time and money towards changing our world into a better place deserve all the support they can get. Donating our encrypted email services to them, is the most obvious step for us to take.

  • Tutanota update: Your encrypted mailbox now shows unread emails per folder.

    We are happy to let you know that we have updated Tutanota: Your encrypted mailbox now comes with unread email counters per folder, you can use Tutanota in many more languages such as Arabic, Latvian, and Persian, and you can now check the version of Tutanota that you are using under Settings. Read the full post to see what features we have added and what is to come next.

  • Data Privacy Day: Why privacy matters and why it is time to fight for it.

    On international Data Privacy Day, it is time to realize why privacy matters: The freedoms and values that we enjoy in democratic societies are under threat. Mass surveillance and political tendencies towards autocracy increasingly undermine the foundation of democracy: freedom of speech and the right to privacy. Let’s understand why privacy matters and how everyone of us can change our societies for the better by fighting for our right to privacy.