So I started using PGP's commercial product, but then got to thinking, since this is closed source, I don't know if they've built in hooks for the government to decrypt one's messages. Actually, it'd be naive to think that the government didn't require that of PGP Corp. Therefore, I'm looking into open source options for my encryption, whereby I can compile the stuff myself. The point is to not let a government less and less interested with maintaining the rights of its citizens have access to my communications, for whatever reason.
The open source option is GNU Privacy Guard, abbreviated GPG. Another one of those great open source pun acronyms. There is a version of GPG for OS X, but it's command-line only. From there, one needs a front-end for the OS X mail application, Mail.app. There's a Mail.app plug-in called GPGMail that fills this gap.
There are expedient download links for these two applications, GPG for OS X and GPGMail, but unless one builds the apps oneself, that defeats the purpose of using this open source software.
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