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How much do you access your email from mobile compared to desktop?  And also, how much are you concerned about your email privacy when using email on mobile devices? It probably won’t come as a big surprise if I tell...

If you’re using email, you already know it’s a very convenient and easy way to communicate. Just write a message, click “Send” and the other side will get it almost immediately.  Even if they are on another continent. Few online...

Today, there are over 3.9 billion email users in the world, according to a Radicati report. Every day, they are sending and receiving 300 billion emails. And yes, if you have a Gmail, Yahoo or Outlook account, you are among...

Did you ever wonder how to get anonymous email but kept shying away from it because you thought it to be complicated? Or you had to know how to set up a proxy server? And what about encryption? Shouldn’t you...

Living in a digital world has its fair share of advantages. But you often trade our anonymity and privacy to be able to enjoy them. And you do that without a second thought. Sometimes, however, you don’t want the other...

What do you do when you need to send sensitive information via email?  Simply putting an attachment to your email message is easy enough to do, but so will intercepting it be for someone other than the intended recipient. If...

If you’re like most people, you probably check your inbox at least 1-3 times per day, according to Statista.  That’s 1-3 opportunities to receive malware or other malicious threats straight to your inbox, as 94% of malware gets delivered via...

Have you ever sent an email that you instantly regretted after hitting “send”? Maybe you sent an email to the wrong person or it was an angry mail to your boss, telling them (in not so kind words) what you...

Try to imagine the Internet without the email. It doesn’t work, does it? The two just go hand in hand and are almost inseparable.  You probably have at least one email account if not more. The email was and still...

For all the freedom the Internet gives us, there’s a surprising number of things we just can’t or shouldn’t say in an email.  We have to keep quiet about how corrupt our boss is lest he finds out we’ve been...

Email is one of the cornerstones of online communication. Small wonder there as email is probably the easiest and cheapest long-distance communication medium. All you need is a computer, an email account (it’s free) and the email address of another...

Our CTemplar email apps for Android, F-Droid & iOS have all been released. We have worked hard to be sure you do not feel this way.   However, these are new apps and I’m sure there are bugs we do not...

Recently we have limited free account creation by invite only.  In the future, we might disable all new account creation for both free & paid.  We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience and we want to explain why this is happening....

Warranty Canary: No law enforcement agencies have been here. Watch for this statement’s removal or change. Updated: May 1st, 2020 (What is a Warrant Canary?) Zero censorship policy. We do not censor harmful or revealing content about our company. We will publish...

We make a pledge to our community that we will not use censorship to hide negative press about our company.  Instead, we will publish negative or unedited articles about our company on this page with credit to the author/researcher.  If...

CTemplar’s 4 Wall Protection 4 Wall Protection was defined by the CTemplar team with the goal of helping people review their privacy needs. Imagine that your privacy is a four-walled fortress. If a wall is missing, then an enemy can...

Privacy as Seen Through Fourteen Eyes The history of citizen surveillance boils down to one simple theory: The more eyes you have watching citizens both friend and foe, the easier it is for governments to maintain peace and order. The...

How does encryption work in CTemplar? CTemplar uses OpenPGP for end-to-end encryption of emails. This the most widely used email encryption standard and is defined by the OpenPGP Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as a Proposed...

We are pleased to announce that we have launched our Android mobile app for beta testing. The app is available for all Android users by visiting the Google Play store. You can also find it by clicking this link. Open Source...

Why the Price?   Providing an encrypted email service costs money. Some companies, like Gmail and Yahoo, offer free email because they profit from collecting and selling your personal information.   We charge a subscription fee because we do not sell our...