Week 6: Private Messaging, Encrypted Email, and Metadata Hygiene

๐ŸŽฏ Goal Learn how to communicate securely using end-to-end encrypted messaging, GPG-encrypted email, and metadata minimization. Explore Signal, Matrix, OTR, and email tools. Understand operational privacy trade-offs. 1. Secure Messaging Protocols Overview Protocol E2EE Decentralized Metadata Safe CLI Available Signal โœ… โŒ (centralized) โŒ (requires phone number) โœ… (via signal-cli) Matrix (Olm) โœ… โœ… โš ๏ธ (servers can log) โœ… (nheko, gomuks, etc) XMPP + OTR โœ… โœ… โœ… (self-hosted possible) โœ… (profanity, mcabber) Tox โœ… โœ… (P2P) โœ… โœ… (toxic) 2. Signal CLI Setup Install signal-cli For Debian-based distros: ...