The GNU Privacy Guard
I recommend using GPG Suite on Mac OS X. It's MacGPG (a Mac-specific clone of GnuPG 2), as well as GPGMail (a plugin for Apple Mail), and other tools to manage your PGP keys in a Mac-native way. Alternatively (or perhaps in addition) you can install GnuPG via Homebrew. Mar 01, 2015 apt-get install gnupg. The easiest way to install the GPG command line tools on your Mac is to first install Homebrew, a package management system that makes thousands of software packages available for install on your Mac. Open a Terminal window (Applications Utilities menu), then enter the following command.
GnuPG is a complete and free implementation of the OpenPGP standard asdefined by RFC4880 (also known as PGP). GnuPG allows you to encrypt andsign your data and communications; it features a versatile key managementsystem, along with access modules for all kinds of public keydirectories. GnuPG, also known as GPG, is a command line tool withfeatures for easy integration with other applications. A wealth offrontend applications and libraries are available. GnuPG alsoprovides support for S/MIME and Secure Shell (ssh).
Gnupg
Since its introduction in 1997, GnuPG is Free Software (meaning thatit respects your freedom). It can be freely used, modified anddistributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License .
The current version of GnuPG is 2.2.23. See the downloadpage for other maintained versions.
Gpg4win is a Windows version of GnuPG featuring a context menu tool, acrypto manager, and an Outlook plugin to send and receive standardPGP/MIME mails. The current version of Gpg4win is 3.1.13.
Reconquer your privacy
Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacybecause you have nothing to hide is no different fromsaying you don't care about free speech because you havenothing to say. – Edward Snowden
Using encryption helps to protect your privacy and the privacy of thepeople you communicate with. Encryption makes life difficult for bulksurveillance systems. GnuPG is one of the tools that Snowden used touncover the secrets of the NSA.
Please visit the Email Self-Defense site to learn how and why youshould use GnuPG for your electronic communication.
News
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GnuPG 2.2.23 released (2020-09-03) important
GnuPG version 2.2.23 has been released today. This version fixes acritical security bug in 2.2.21 and 2.2.22 (CVE-2020-25125).
Please follow the instructions from the announcement mail and updateaffected installations. See also our bug entry #5050.
GnuPG 2.2.22 released (2020-08-27)
[Note: Do not use this release - use 2.2.23 instead.]
GnuPG version 2.2.22 has been released today. This is a maintenancerelease with a some minor changes. {more}
GnuPG 2.2.21 released (2020-07-09)
[Note: Do not use this release - use 2.2.23 instead.]
After the release of GnuPG 2.2.20 back in March it is now the time toget collected fixes from the last months out: GnuPG version 2.2.21 hasbeen released today. This is a maintenance release with a some minorchanges. {more}
Libgcrypt 1.8.6 released (2020-07-06)
Nearly a year passed since the last release and so the time is ripefor new maintenance release: Libgcrypt version 1.8.6 is nowavailable. {more}
Gpg4win fully approved for EU RESTRICTED.
After about a year of tweaking details of the approval, Gpg4win andGnuPG are now approved for EU RESTRICTED communication (VS-NfD). Thisapprovals covers the protocols S/MIME and OpenPGP (public-key andsymmetric-only) with hard- and soft-tokens. Our commercial branchGnuPG.com released a press notice (in German) today.
GnuPG 2.2.19 released (2019-12-07)
We are pleased to announce the availability of GnuPG version 2.2.19.This version fixes a regression introduced with the last release.{more}
GnuPG 2.2.18 released (2019-11-25)
We are pleased to announce the availability of GnuPG version 2.2.18.This is maintenance release to fix a couple of minor bugs and providea few feature updates. This release also retires the use of SHA-1 keysignatures created since this year. {more} (see also)
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Libgcrypt 1.8.5 released (2019-08-29)
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If you care about local site-channel attacks on ECDSA you may want toupdate to Libgcrypt version 1.8.5. CVE-CVE-2019-13627 {more}