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Originally Posted by xor
German government interception (also) happens on the protocol level (they intercept SMTP, IMAP, HTTP, etc)
If you do not encrypt the email content before(!) it leaves your own computer, then, yes, you can be targeted by these interfaces.
Therefore, encrypt in your own local mail client, do not rely on web browser interface encryption.
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If you cannot trust your email provider, I cannot see how any encryption helps. If you trust your provider, then I cannot see how an encrypted IMAP connection is any more secure than an encrypted HTTP connection using the same algorithm and key lengths.