diff --git a/sources/tech/20180711 4 add-ons to improve your privacy on Thunderbird.md b/sources/tech/20180711 4 add-ons to improve your privacy on Thunderbird.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..980f7082aa --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/tech/20180711 4 add-ons to improve your privacy on Thunderbird.md @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +4 add-ons to improve your privacy on Thunderbird +====== + +![](https://fedoramagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/tb-privacy-addons-816x345.jpg) +Thunderbird is a popular free email client developed by [Mozilla][1]. Similar to Firefox, Thunderbird offers a large choice of add-ons for extra features and customization. This article focuses on four add-ons to improve your privacy. + +### Enigmail + +Encrypting emails using GPG (GNU Privacy Guard) is the best way to keep their contents private. If you aren’t familiar with GPG, [check out our primer right here][2] on the Magazine. + +[Enigmail][3] is the go-to add-on for using OpenPGP with Thunderbird. Indeed, Enigmail integrates well with Thunderbird, and lets you encrypt, decrypt, and digitally sign and verify emails. + +### Paranoia + +[Paranoia][4] gives you access to critical information about your incoming emails. An emoticon shows the encryption state between servers an email traveled through before reaching your inbox. + +A yellow, happy emoticon tells you all connections were encrypted. A blue, sad emoticon means one connection was not encrypted. Finally, a red, scared emoticon shows on more than one connection the message wasn’t encrypted. + +More details about these connections are available, so you can check which servers were used to deliver the email. + +### Sensitivity Header + +[Sensitivity Header][5] is a simple add-on that lets you select the privacy level of an outgoing email. Using the option menu, you can select a sensitivity: Normal, Personal, Private and Confidential. + +Adding this header doesn’t add extra security to email. However, some email clients or mail transport/user agents (MTA/MUA) can use this header to process the message differently based on the sensitivity. + +Note that this add-on is marked as experimental by its developers. + +### TorBirdy + +If you’re really concerned about your privacy, [TorBirdy][6] is the add-on for you. It configures Thunderbird to use the [Tor][7] network. + +TorBirdy offers less privacy on email accounts that have been used without Tor before, as noted in the [documentation][8]. + +> Please bear in mind that email accounts that have been used without Tor before offer **less** privacy/anonymity/weaker pseudonyms than email accounts that have always been accessed with Tor. But nevertheless, TorBirdy is still useful for existing accounts or real-name email addresses. For example, if you are looking for location anonymity — you travel a lot and don’t want to disclose all your locations by sending emails — TorBirdy works wonderfully! + +Note that to use this add-on, you must have Tor installed on your system. + +Photo by [Braydon Anderson][9] on [Unsplash][10]. + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: https://fedoramagazine.org/4-addons-privacy-thunderbird/ + +作者:[Clément Verna][a] +选题:[lujun9972](https://github.com/lujun9972) +译者:[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对:[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译,[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]:https://fedoramagazine.org +[1]:https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/ +[2]:https://fedoramagazine.org/gnupg-a-fedora-primer/ +[3]:https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/enigmail/ +[4]:https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/paranoia/?src=cb-dl-users +[5]:https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/sensitivity-header/?src=cb-dl-users +[6]:https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/torbirdy/?src=cb-dl-users +[7]:https://www.torproject.org/ +[8]:https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/torbirdy +[9]:https://unsplash.com/photos/wOHH-NUTvVc?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText +[10]:https://unsplash.com/search/photos/privacy?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText