Reviews & Comments of FlowCrypt: Encrypt Gmail with PGP chrome extension

I just recently started using , and as others have said the onboarding process is seamless so for now four stars , I will revisit after some testing. A big thanks to the dev team @ FlowCrypt.)

No undo in secure composed emails. Just started using it, there is no undo after email is sent for a certain time (seconds). would be a good feature. Thanks.

It's a nice extension but it is reserved for experts on encryption like me <: Just kidding everyone can use it and it is a really helpful extension. I send AES-256 bit encrypted files with a software like this. Yes I said software. This is like one.

Very easy to use. It loses a star because it does not yet support autocrypt, particularly sending autocrypt headers. I'd also really like to see the compose encrypted mail interface replace the regular compose mail interface (particularly when it comes to Gmail shortcuts). Since the new interface can also send mail unencrypted, I don't need both. It would make the UI cleaner.

Very pleased that I can use something like this for my small business. Thanks for helping secure our Gmail account because so many people use Gmail and it still comes off as a professional extension for emails. -JR

The UI is decent but there are some serious functional issues with it. Their (hard-coded) key server doesn't seem to find keys in the other key servers it claims to look in. Their key server and/or UI doesn't seem to handle multiple keys that match a given recipient in public key servers. There is no ability to choose one and It's unclear how it's even choosing the key it chooses to use when multiple exist. I would have assumed newest key of highest strength, or most signatures, etc. but neither of those are the case. With these key server issues, the extension is not useful for all but very narrow use-cases. I've contacted support about these issues but the only one response I got back was pretty lack-luster and my followup has gone unanswered. So TL;DR: I cannot recommend this extension.

I've been looking for a way to send encrypted emails to a loan officer and I'm so glad I found this extension. This is the answer to all my problems, easy to use and it doesn't require the other party to install it. 6 stars !!!

This extension is a PGP encryption tool that doesn't suck. It's very easy to use and also is quite secure. Tip: spread the word! If you don't do that, you won't have anyone to securely email!

Awesome way to integrate PGP into Gmail! I'm using the Android app plus the chrome extension with great results!

Thank you for developers! respect

Relativity easy to use and very convenient.

Thanks so much for making a free ( and very very secure; I've uploaded my own PGP key to verify ) app that helps society and Americans follow the US Constitution as intended, which helps humanity by definition!

The apps works great and when I had questions the developer answered right away. Great app and great service!

it works really well with my emails. perfect pranks too :)

Just started using FlowCrypt and found the UI delightfully easy to use. I previously used pgp's interface on the Mac -- I rarely used it since the setup and usage was challenging for myself and others. Folks at FlowCrypt are extremely responsive. I'm recommending to my coworkers and friends.

Excellent solution for encryption of emails. I'd like to see a functioning version to use on iOS

An exceptional, incredibly cool product. It just--works, no hassles. If you use Thunderbird and install gpg4win and the enigmail extension for that, FlowCrypt on Gmail works with Thunderbird too. Support staff are very helpful, even with the free version, which in itself is very pleasantly surprising. I couldn't recommend this extension more highly as a encryption solution for Gmail.

why it needs too much permission and it can read my browser data and also can change it permission???

fabulous!!!

Thank you. Awesome app with good old PGP. Still waiting for Google Disk encryption. Go ahead!

The developer is fast to respond, however the app itself is buggy. The settings dialog is not getting opened with Firefox extension. I would highly recommend the Mailvelop as more mature and feature rich option.

It is just incredible.

Incredibly easy to use and set up, and on top of that- any time I have an issue the developer will contact me directly to help me resolve it! I use FlowCrypt for Android as well, can't wait to see how it progresses.

A great idea executed fairly well. Works as it should. Would be good to get a security audit on it from someone, as GPG tends to only be used by people who really need it and as such the application layer is often targeted. The application has a hard time correctly deciphering signatures from a lot of other typical GPG client configurations; not sure what the issue is but the developer is working on it. The application also seems to want to do everything the old ASCII armor way, which no other clients default to any more. There isn't even an option to use GPG/MIME. The net effect of this is that signing messages results in an unsightly mess when sent to people with typical email clients. PGP / GPG is mostly a dead concept these days, which is a shame. Hopefully plugins like this will make it more readily available to typical users.

Super easy to use and works as seamlessly as you would expect. As a long time PGP user mail encryption add-ons have been notoriously hit or miss and still require large user interaction. Flowcrypt just works.

Makes it simple to use PGP encryption in your emails.

Works well and is easy to use! I highly recommend for those who want to make sure only certain people obtain access to their emails. Plus... they may or may not have robots that where blue sandals working for them... Amazing!

Excellent extension that makes encrypting your Gmail super easy. It detects encrypted content and automatically decrypts it, so using it involves nothing more than either generating or uploading a PGP key, which is stored locally so your key remains safe, and then using your Gmail as normal. The personal contact page that lets people that don't understand anything about encryption send you secure messages and attachments is a great idea and so convenient. That's really very useful - no more conversations trying to explain to someone how to generate a key and use the command line to encrypt something. Super fast and helpful support too. Top class all round.

Easy to use. I love the ability to add encrypted attachments and have emails seamlessly encrypt and decrypt for me. I like comparing the keys to those on keybase.io as a second verification step before I send. I would really love a feature to manually specify a key to use to send to an email, even if it already has an associated key. Also, the ability to see the fingerprint of the person's key while sending/receiving would help with verifying things.

Very intuitive and simple to use. Has become a key tool as part of our internal GDPR process and compliance. Support has been superb. Highly recommended

Sorry, as someone who is not use to sending encrypted emails I found this to be incredibility difficult to navigate and figure out if its actually working. A step by step guide would be helpful. Along with what the recipient is going to see and what they will have to do to see the email.

Its always a good idea to add an extra-layer of security .

Super simple to setup, very well integrated with GMail. I've been using this for almost a year and I'm very happy with it. Also, I've had a small issue for which I contacted the support and I've got a kind and helpful reply within 10 minutes, which helped me solve the issue. Impressive!

Using it as well in firefox, but beautifull plugin. Setup is really easy (they're not lying about the 60 seconds it takes). the support is very good as well, I had a question and got a response in less than 10 minutes

Awesome plugin. Had a few little niggles getting it working properly with an existing keypair, but the human support was fantastic. Highly recommended.

Incredibly easy to use and setup, will recommend to all my privacy minded friends

Wow, finally something that works with Google Inbox. Giving it four stars because it needs to communicate what options do more clearly to users that don't know PGP. Little details, important for adoption. For example: Is the exported key protected with the passphrase I just entered? Intuition says yes, because it's literally the first thing you have to do, and exporting the key is the second thing I did. But prior knowledge says no. The text is not clear. My friends say it's still too vague. I desperately want PGP to become mainstream. Then my bank, municipality, government, health care, tax agency and more can stop sending me emails saying "Please log in to fetch your message" for "safety reasons", and just send me good darn messages to my inbox.

Convenient, fancy and relatively simple. Very responsive team, momentarily helped with a minor issue.

No hassle configuration using existing keys, worked flawlessly in both gmail and 3rd party mail client

Awesome PGP plugin. Works beautifully with GMail.

trusted solution

Nice and easy to set up and use. Some features missing but confident the developer will deliver these over time. e.g. easier revocation, sign & encrypt

Amazing extension! Love that I don't have to stop using the GMail web interface and the team was very helpful in responding to any issues I had.

It's an easy tool to use and effective in protecting sent data and attachments.

It really does make using PGP very simple

FlowCrypt is PGP made userfriendly

simple and easy to use

Simple & intuitive

The extension makes rather straightforward the generation of encrypted emails through gmail. Great support too!

No complaints. I've used it for sending sensitive stuff via Gmail and it worked. Works exactly as advertised for me. The key file is exportable to google drive (or wherever you want) and you can import it on any device...as long as you remember your passphrase ;) . Good product.

Makes email encryption much less complicated than the other email encryption tools I have tried. Fantastic product support, too!

Awesome plugin for gmail encryption! Works with Google Inbox as well, which is an AMAZING feature.

Extremely easy to use.

As a journalist, I love giving potential interview subjects the opportunity to encrypt the content they send to me. The most intuitive PGP solution for Gmail I've used.

Amazing plugin that simplifies the setup and use of PGP down to a common-user-friendly level. No more endless phone calls with clients, walking them through manual PGP setup, armoring, etc. You all deserve a raise, a beer, and a vacation (just not too long, because we need you!) :-) I can't recommend this highly enough if you have a PGP email use-case.

well chuffed easy to use

Fully automatic. Eliminates setup steps that you would encounter with Enigmail for example. Love the little things like automatically sensing attached public keys to an email and letting you import them.

Ingenious implementation of PGP. Really, really well thought out and impressive to make PGP useable for the masses. You guys should work with Keybase.io!

I am in the process of configuring it, but I had to read alll the reviews first. First time I have seen 90+% five star reviews. marco

This app is pretty cool and easy to use.

I used Mailvelope for a long time and was pretty happy, but FlowCrypt really plays in another league. The fact that it automatically recognizes if contacts use PGP makes it extremely convenient to use. Moreover, the support has been amazing when I had an issue with a minor bug (now corrected). I can highly recommend it.

Fantastically easy to use.

Superb. Best pgp/ encryption app I've found. Developer is also very responsive to issues and feedback.

Perfect! Easy to install & works great with gmail-just what I needed!!! Thank-you FlowCrypt

Finally, a simple seamless way to use PGP keys with Gmail. Love it!!

easy to use and fast.

So far a great experience considering how horrible many PGP UX have been. Cant wait to see what else is to come. Trying the beta Android App, works great cant wait to see biometric security setting/PIN. Keep impressing me.

Great plugin. The dev team is super helpful. Thanks, Human!

The best GPG/PGP client on the market. Their seemless integration with GMail & Inbox makes using it a no-brainer.

Very easy to set up and use. Their support is also very reactive. Works when encrypting messages to other encryption suites too (e.g. GPG Tools), so it is not a closed network. Can provide your own PGP key, or generate a new one. Public keys can be downloaded as files and/or included as an email signature. Fantastic product.

So easy to set up and use and no impact on browser performance. An incredibly eloquent solution to PGP end to end encryption.

Excellent! Finally encryption for dummies! Easy and well thought out. Thank you very much!

Easy to use. Nice work.

Beyond simple to use. You can send encrypted messages even to people who do not have an encryption already set up. Easy to set up. I can't believe this is out there! Thank you so much!!!

very easy to use - really well thought out.

Only been using this for few minutes but I'm extremely impressed, to a point where I already subscribed to their advanced version. Also love how helpful and responsive they are to emails.

Does what it says on the tin with no fuss and trivial setup. As an added bonus, It automatically keeps a backup of my keys that I can transfer to any computer. Highly recommended

would no open on my mac???

This add-on helps you writing encrypted messages using the Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) algorithm. I'm new to this field and I really enjoyed FlowCrypt: It works perfectly and smoothly. And it requires no time to be installed!!!

I have been trying to get a "painless" way to use encryption in my google apps account. After lots of failed attempts, I came across FlowCrypt. The app is amazing and the developers are very helpful and supportive! It worked immediately.

Excellent software that just works. It makes using PGP with Gmail actually practical. I actually had a problem where it broke, and one of the developers replied within a few minutes and suggested I reinstall. Very attentive support for something that is free.

Cool product, love the gmail integration, which makes it super easy to use. Also particularly love the ability to send people to a page where they can send me secure messages, even if they only have their mobile with them :D

Easy to use, quick to setup.

Easy to use, works great. Glad to have PGP for Gmail.

awesome... an excellent balance between security and convenience. fantastic, quick support, even for the free version. thanks very much!

After various paid softwares for email encryption this one tops it! Highly recommended.

Fantastic, simple tool

such a powerful tool, done with simplicity and charm - definitely recommended!

This is a great App. It works just fine.

A few bugs here and there, some aesthetics to be updated, but otherwise a nice addition to a secure online environment !

I can't believe how seamless this has integrated with gmail. Everyone should install and use this.

PGP on Gmail made simple, and for free. Couldn't ask for more

YES! Gmail & PGP encryption - Super Easy Setup. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

AMAZING extension! Fantastic software integration, easy to navigate and absolutely solid encryption techniques. Looking forward to more updates!

The add-on is awesome, PGP with Gmail was never easier. And the support is amazing!

It worked like advertised. Sometimes I feel people make security more difficult then needed. FlowCrypt keeps things very streamlined. Thanks!

I work in the security it space and loves this!! It so simple I set my wife up with it, and have begun informing family members...

I recommend this to all people who want an easy way to handle PGP encryption. For any system to make it to a massive amount of people it has to be easy to use and work. FlowCrypt does that with PGP very well. I have been recommending it back when it was CryptUp as well.

The perfect way of easily switching your GMAIL to PGP encryption in Chrome!

Fantastic extension! Caters to users who do and don't understand PGP. Simple, and easy to install and use. Highly recommended to those looking to securely communicate. Excellent extension! thank you :-)