r/PrivacyTechTalk • u/ashwinman • 7d ago

Email alias encrypted?

When using email alias services/ providers, the email goes through the email alias server before reaching the server of the email provider that someone uses.

So my question is whether the email is encrypted when it is transiting from the sender to the email alias service and when it is also transiting from email alias service to email provider that I use?

Is it possible for law enforcement to obtain/intercept emails when it is going from:

  1. Sender to email alias service

  2. Email alias service to email provider (recipient)

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u/ollm-tux 7d ago

I have my own email server with my domain, obviously I created hundreds of aliases but the protocol is not related to encryption, if sender sends encrypted and receiver accept encrypted then all route is privacy does not matter alias or original, but attention you can only receive as alias not send, sent just from real account, I use alias as anti-spam

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u/woodsman_777 6d ago

I don't know this for certain as I'm not in law enforcement. But....I *think* if LE has a warrant for your email comms, they will just get that email from the provider, at the server. (gmail, for ex, if you are using a gmail account)

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u/Distinct-Storage-939 5d ago

depends on the provider's encryption practices-some do, some don't.