How to send encrypted files using PGP?

@praveenarimbrathod- had they said that 10 yrs ago i would've believed them .. in a time where information is collected and sold for profit without having any regard to one's privacy , i dont buy it .. lets just hope someone comes with a similar app like chatsecure which is reliable too .. havent tried xabber though..

If you trust diaspora podmins, you can trust Pavel Durov and use Telegram. @praveenarimbrathod will disagree, but this question of convenience vs privacy has to be answered.

Though there's no reason to trust Telegram's privacy policy, there is enough reasons to trust the intention of its founder.

You can choose not to share your contacts with Telegram server. Then you can find friends by their username.
You can choose not to have any conversations by the normal chat (which are stored on the server) and instead use secret chat for everything (which is much like public key private key)

Its servers aren't open sourced. But it's API schema is.

Now the only real reason not to use Telegram is that it is not decentralized. I think there are some downsides to decentralization like the contact discovery problem.

To be frank, if it is a question between working encryption and not working encryption, I'd rather choose working.

@akshay @arjun can you confirm if TextSecure requires sending full contact lists? Can't we check one by one as required basis for individual contacts or selected list of contacts? If not can folks request this feature? Since I have Firefox OS, i can't test it.

@arjun did you try conversations+pgp combo?

We should create a privacy checklist that lists out apps we have tested and can recommend. I'm starting here.

Search
ixquick.com - +outside USA, -results may not match Google
startpage.com - +matches Google search, +outside USA, -dependency on Google
duckduckgo.com - +feature rich, - hosted in USA, -results may not match Google

Email
mailvelope.com - +easiest to setup, -no attachments, -separate key management
whiteout.io - +easy to use, -still in development
thunderbird+enigmail - +reliable, -separate app install
k9 mail+open keychain -+reliable

instant messaging
TextSecure -+asynchronous, reliable -needs to share contacts list

for otr, see otr.works (we need to update the site and make it easy for users to choose an app).

Email service
autistici.org, riseup.net, openmailbox.org, gandi.net, mykolab.net

suggest changes, @akshay, @arjun

@arkarjun can you design a brochure?

Thanks for writing in detail @praveenarimbrathod

Just learned it is https://www.mailvelope.com/. A typo in your message @praveenarimbrathod
I tried whiteout but I could not configure both on web and mobile due to connection errors, all related to security. Hope it gets better after beta. I like what they have.

@praveenarimbrathod YES! i just tried conversations+PGP .. works like a charm! .. brilliant! .. however , if u close choose to kill the app , u wont receive any msgs i.e. when you long press the "recent app" button on android and close the app (check attachment), you will not be able to receive any new msgs.. Unlike whatsapp , where even if the did the above , the app runs in the background and u continue to receive msgs...
But to be honest , conversations is by far the most reliable app..

@arjun whatsapp uses push messaging hence you don't need the app running in the background. TextSecure also uses push messaging. If conversations adds websockets feature, it is possible to receive messages even when closed. See this discussion for more insights https://poddery.com/posts/1687531 there is a gsoc proposal for conversations to add TextSecure protocol for asynchronous communications.