Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Email encryption
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 12 years (2013–2024), in 5 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
Every issue, all time, most people first
Encrypted email needs installing, learning, and recipients' softwareUnreviewed
20132026- Encryption tools are arcane and unusable outside a couple of chat apps2020-12-27
- Encrypted email setup and use is too hard for most people to adopt2020-04-16
- Existing encrypted email tools need installing, learning, and recipients also needing the software2013-06-14
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.