Exposing Gmail's Encryption Myth: Why Client-Side PGP Encryption Matters

Most Gmail users believe their emails are fully encrypted and private, but Google's TLS encryption only protects data in transit—once emails land on Google's servers, they're stored as readable plaintext accessible to breaches and subpoenas. This distinction became painfully clear when a developer's phishing incident revealed sensitive contract details were scraped from Gmail. GmailKrypt, an open-source Chrome extension, addresses this gap by adding true end-to-end PGP encryption directly to Gmail's interface.