About Private Mail Guide

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the question “is my email actually private?” — this site is for you.

We write plain-language guides to private email. That means encrypted providers like Proton Mail and Tuta, alias services like SimpleLogin and AnonAddy, and the small handful of settings most people miss when they switch from Gmail or Outlook. No jargon if we can help it. No “you’d have to be a hacker to understand this.” Just the things that actually matter, in the order you need to know them.

What we believe

• Most people don’t need to be anonymous. They need to stop being a data product. End-to-end encryption helps with that. So do good aliasing habits and a few sensible defaults. We focus on the realistic wins.
• A guide should be testable. When we say “this setting protects your metadata,” we tell you where to find it, what it changes, and how to verify it’s on. Trust isn’t a vibe.
• No fear-selling. We don’t lead with worst-case stories to push a product. Privacy choices stick when the reasoning is honest, not when the pitch is scary.

Bylines

All bylines on this site are pseudonymous, under “Private Mail Guide Editorial.” The work matters more than who wrote it. Editorial is small — a working security practitioner plus contributors — and we keep it that way so the writing stays consistent.

Affiliate relationships

Some of the providers we cover have affiliate programs. When we link to a paid plan we may earn a small commission. Posts that contain affiliate links say so at the top, and the full disclosure is here. We’ve never recommended a service we wouldn’t use ourselves, and affiliate fees don’t change which services rank highest in our guides.

Reach the editorial desk

The fastest way is email: hello@privatemailguide.com. We read every message; we reply when we can.

For anything sensitive, we publish a PGP key on the contact pages of our sister sites — see AnonGuide ↗ for the full privacy stack and Secure Mail Guide ↗ for step-by-step provider tutorials.