Google this week released the alpha version of source code
for End-to-End, a Chrome browser extension that encrypts email.End-to-End uses
the OpenPGP standard to encrypt, decrypt, digitally sign and verify signed
messages within the browser."We're just sharing the code today so that the
community can test and evaluate it, helping us make sure that it's as secure as
it needs to be before people start relying on it," Google said. It will
offer a bounty for bugs found, under its Vulnerability Reward Program.Once the
extension is ready for use, it will be released in the Chrome Web Store."PGP
has shown itself over the years to be a very robust form of encryption,"
Alex Watson, director of research at Websense, told TechNewsWorld. "It takes the
responsibility out of the provider's hands -- if I send you a PGP-encrypted
email, only you and I can read it."
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