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Encrypted e-mail on Android

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This is a non-technical guide to to help two people set up PGP on their Android devices. It uses OpenKeychain and K-9 mail. I call it a field guide, intended to be followed while meeting with someone else. Therefore, it contains minimal explanation of concepts.

It does assume some technical savvy, and doesn't include screenshots for every step. This would make the guide too tedious to follow, specially from the small screen of a mobile device. The screenshots are present to help the reader locate specific buttons, or to reassure the reader that they're in the right place.

It has a troubleshooting section. Currently, it is entirely dedicated to setting up K-9 mail, whose set-up wizard needs an overhaul.

The most complicated part of the guide is the key exchange, which require the reader to make a few decisions based on their situation. There's different key exchange methods based on whether the reader has internet access, NFC, etc.

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The guide is written in markdown, with some HTML for the anchors. header.html contains some CSS to spruce it up and some javascript to shrink the screenshots on low-density screens.

There's a script to process and concatenate everything, build.sh

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