PGP can be a real rabbithole if you get into the gory details of what subkeys are, and what exponent you should use and so forth.
Fortunately Thunderbird has PGP support built now ehich makes practical usage very easy after the initial setup. If you are public enemy #1, then you'll want to go down the rabbithole and learn about all the ins and outs of PGP. Honestly though, the main risk is that someone you talk to is compromised/a snitch/turncoat/enemy of some sort.
As for Matrix, some Matrix servers require an email to register, some ofvthose also won't allow disposable email addresses (mailinator, sharklasers, etc.). This is because of spammers. I found a small community of hackers who run and instance and just asked them to create an account for me. If you are on Mastodon check out the "tildeverse". Those folks are likely to help you out. Just don't be an asshole and ruin it for everyone.
Account Deleted
npub1vp…l3e42
2023-08-27 23:28:27
in reply to nevent1q…29er
Author Public Key
npub1vp734hx3hqwp9dvm5jf2r67mxsvqx3wymz43d0ncad7zsw55nrwsgl3e42Published at
2023-08-27 23:28:27Event JSON
{
"id": "086c07efc2ad682282d151a74b7361b508b1c4f52f53cb6a2e75fd92fffd9e29",
"pubkey": "607d1adcd1b81c12b59ba492a1ebdb34180345c4d8ab16be78eb7c283a9498dd",
"created_at": 1693178907,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"e",
"716e68943b053e694367ed112fb07d84507d56cb5b9cf10738541b081c8f2bac",
"",
"root"
],
[
"e",
"5b5a65969fb6b3652a73b729c1de1e65e538c5138548440b6066f01b46c65b4f"
],
[
"e",
"039870067fbd45a169f620717481bb1c646ee62004c0fb3464afecaa2da63fbd",
"",
"reply"
],
[
"p",
"516add19a861a2f429ccc883fe73243179d5298248c827d68fafe822e697c014"
],
[
"p",
"607d1adcd1b81c12b59ba492a1ebdb34180345c4d8ab16be78eb7c283a9498dd"
],
[
"t",
"1"
],
[
"t",
"1"
]
],
"content": "PGP can be a real rabbithole if you get into the gory details of what subkeys are, and what exponent you should use and so forth.\n\nFortunately Thunderbird has PGP support built now ehich makes practical usage very easy after the initial setup. If you are public enemy #1, then you'll want to go down the rabbithole and learn about all the ins and outs of PGP. Honestly though, the main risk is that someone you talk to is compromised/a snitch/turncoat/enemy of some sort.\n\nAs for Matrix, some Matrix servers require an email to register, some ofvthose also won't allow disposable email addresses (mailinator, sharklasers, etc.). This is because of spammers. I found a small community of hackers who run and instance and just asked them to create an account for me. If you are on Mastodon check out the \"tildeverse\". Those folks are likely to help you out. Just don't be an asshole and ruin it for everyone.",
"sig": "ba04071f791d85e47eede1dd6ffde4ef8fbfd1883e70e4fbf66a265bc093426a8fb26bea9781d07d700d9a4b27a30ece695c57c1c08999bc69d18b4f5e540776"
}